Written,edited,produced,music,starring and directed by Melvin Van Peebles. With this film Van Peebles became the 'Godfather' of modern independent cinema.Melvn shot this movie in about three weeks,on a budget of $150,000 after no studio would produce this film.Although Hollywood used the financial success of this movie,to create the lucrative 70's era blaxploitation movies and action films that followed,this isn't an exploitation film.This film is the creation of an auteur in his prime,with his original score performed by a young,gifted & funky Earth,Wind & Fire.