In 1971, against all odds, Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, and starred in “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” a groundbreaking success. Some say independent movies were never the same again. Why ...

In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections between the music of the moment and the films that gave it a platform. With ...

“Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” tells the story of a black man whose rage against corrupt white authorities eventually reaches a boiling point, leaving two racist cops dead and him on the run to ...

This past weekend, while most pop culture watchers were debating the latest entry in the Tyler Perry oeuvre — and moviegoers parting with a collective $25 million in order to see it — an historical ...

Not surprisingly, The Sweetback Sisters have taken many requests for Merle Haggard songs over the years. “It’s easy in a straight-ahead country band to cover his tunes; it’s akin to riding a bicycle.

Christmas is coming, and the Queens of Christmas are returning to Northampton for their annual Sing-Along Spectacular. The Queens of Christmas - that’s Emily Miller and Zara Bode - are known at other ...

Things have turned sour at Sweetback Productions. Founders Kelly Anchors and her husband, Michael Mc-Kune, have been thrown out of the company they launched in 1994 by a board of directors made up of ...

Melvin Van Peebles, the Black filmmaker, novelist and playwright, whose audacious, rebellious work had an influence on generations of artists, has died at age 89. A statement released by the Criterion ...

"You're Gone (Again)" "It Don't Show on Me" "My Uncle Used to Love Me (But She Died) ""I Want to Be a Real Cowboy Girl" With superb musicianship and an appreciation for times gone by, The Sweetback ...