the black panther party said it was the cultural representation of the black revolution. >> "sweet back" is a hustler and a gigolo but he is galvanize it when he watches police brutalize a young man. he decides to take the police officers down physically and violently. as a result he's on the lam. you know as a film goer he is going to get caught, he will be convicted, he will be shot by the police, and none of those things happen. i can remember seeing that movie. people were cheering because they had never seen anything like that, and that becomes a moment when black filmmakers kind of look and say, oh, we can tell those stories now, can't we? ♪ >> it is the best movie theme song of all time, has to be. isaac hayes tells you everything you want to know about the movie, everything you want to know about the character ♪ who's the character walk about