From Air Force pilot to civil rights activist to French novelist to Wall Street trader, this documentary charts the incredible journey of a man best known for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song -- the controversial, self-produced film that sparked the Blaxploitation era -- and illuminates an artist whose groundbreaking impact on film, politics and pop culture remains as relevant as ever.
From Air Force pilot to civil rights activist to French novelist to Wall Street trader, this documentary charts the incredible journey of a man best known for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song -- the controversial, self-produced film that sparked the Blaxploitation era -- and illuminates an artist whose groundbreaking impact on film, politics and pop culture remains as relevant as ever.