
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
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Mario Van Peebles as Melvin Van Peebles

Joy Bryant as Priscilla

Khleo Thomas as Mario

T.K. Carter as Bill Cosby

Terry Crews as Big T

Ossie Davis as Granddad

David Alan Grier as Clyde Houston

Nia Long as Sandra

Paul Rodríguez as Jose Garcia

Saul Rubinek as Howard Kaufman

Rainn Wilson as Bill Harris

Don Dowe as Officer

John Singleton as Detroit J

Vincent Schiavelli as Jerry

Karimah Westbrook as Ginnie

Len Lesser as Manny & Mort Goldberg

Sally Struthers as Roz

Jazsmin Lewis as Working Girl

Adam West as Bert

Robert Peters as Bob Maxwell

Glenn Plummer as Angry Brother

Khalil Kain as Maurice

Pamela Gordon as Ethel

Wesley Jonathan as Panther

Joseph Culp as Attorney

Mandela Van Peebles as Angel Muse

Kate Krystowiak as Moonbeam

Bill Cosby as himself
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