The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Oh my gawd. If this film was entered in any modern high school film competition it would come in pretty close to last. unbelievably bad.
Melvin Van Peebles
Filmography
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG is the story of a young hustler whose aimless pleasure seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a black revolutionary by two white cops. Sweetback, driven to a state of blind rage, takes brutal revenge on the cops, forcing...Watch Movie
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The Story of a Three-Day Pass
An African-American soldier stationed in Europe encounters racism from his superiors following his idyllic three-day affair with a young French woman. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles, it was the first major film by an African-American director to be released in the United States.Watch Movie
Genres
- Adaptation / Theatrical / Stage
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- Comedy / Romantic Comedy
- Crime / Criminal / Fugitive
- Crime / Transgression / Murder
- Crime / Transgression / Smuggling
- Crime / Transgression / Thievery
- Cult / Camp
- Cult / Exploitation / Blaxploitation
- Drama / Ethnicity / African-American
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Independent / Narrative
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / European / French
- LGBTQ / Narrative
- Music / Musical
- Suspense / Revenge
Recent Reviews
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
In a way, I admire this film more than I enjoy it, but that's because my admiration is immense. This is often flagged as a formative blaxploitation film, but it's...
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
beautifully scored with really poignant themes surrounding history, race, and racial identity in the us. a headtrip if anything, but carrying a heavyhanded critique of police misconduct and the nitty...
Don't Play Us Cheap
Really good. Two demons try to break up a party in Harlem, but fail because the party's too good. That would be a spoiler except at no point do they...
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Really significant film given the era and what the filmmaker was trying to do and that he was the first to try to do it.