Topic: Huey Newton

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17: Shaft Stache
45:20 - 48:22

17: Shaft Stache

Charles Woods, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Film historian Charles Woods discusses the 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, noting its support from the Black Panthers and Huey Newton. He describes the film's themes of a black man on the run after killing a police officer. The hosts draw a direct parallel between this early Blaxploitation film and the modern plot of Queen and Slim, suggesting a repetitive cycle in media.