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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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DVD 791.430233 V273h Doc
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