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Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song (Motion picture)
Motion picture producers and directors, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Blacks in the motion picture industry -- United States.
Blaxploitation films -- Production and direction.
Blacks -- United States -- Biography.
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Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song (Motion picture)
Motion picture producers and directors, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Blacks in the motion picture industry -- United States.
Blaxploitation films -- Production and direction.
Blacks -- United States -- Biography.
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How to eat your watermelon in white company (and enjoy it) [videorecording (DVD)].
Music Box Films, [2016].
Call #:
DVD 791.430233 V273h Doc
Subjects
Van
Peebles
,
Melvin
,
1932-
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song (Motion picture)
Motion picture producers and directors, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Blacks in the motion picture industry -- United States.
Blaxploitation films -- Production and direction.
Blacks -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9786316351975
6316351976
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : 2.0 Dolby digital sd., col., b&w ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Features: Additional footage.
Bonus features: Exclusive new conversation with
Melvin
Van
Peebles
;
Melvin
's hilarious TV news commentaries ; live concert performance ; theatrical trailer.
"A feature documentary on
Melvin
Van
Peebles
"--Container.
"Official Selection: Tribeca/Los Angeles/Chicago International/Full Frame Documentary Film Festival[s]"--Container.
Home use only.
English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Production:
Produced by Michael Solomon ; written and directed by Joe Angio.
Summary:
"Part icon, part iconoclast,
Melvin
Van
Peebles
is a filmmaker with a history that's as fascinating as any of his motion pictures. This award winning documentary (full of rare archival footage and unforgettable backstage stories from Spike Lee, Mario
Van
Peebles
, Gil Scott-Heron and others) is a carefully-crafted tale of how a young black kid from Chicago ended up making one of the most controversial movies in American history, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the film that sparked the Blaxploitation era in Hollywood. But the story hardly ends there. Director Joe Angio playfully traces
Van
Peebles
' path from atom-bomb-ferrying Air pilot to French novelist to proto-rap singer to Wall Street options trader -- a remarkable journey that helps to explain where Sweet Sweetback actually got his song."--DVDEmpire.com.
Awards:
Jury Award: Audience Award: Biografilm Festival.
Genre:
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Angio, Joe.
Van
Peebles
,
Melvin
,
1932-
Music Box Films.
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