Melvin Van Peebles
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Melvin Van Peebles was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time.
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Van Peebles c. 1970
Van Peebles with some of his home cooking, what he called "hobo stew"
Van Peebles in front of his artwork, A Ghetto Mother's Prayer, in 2017
Peebles' 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song received acclaim from black rights groups for its political resonance with the black struggle and grossed $10 million.Filmography 40
Last Action Hero
American Swing
Jaws: The Revenge
Boomerang
Terminal Velocity
Posse
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Hard Luck
Fist of the North Star
Peeples
The Hebrew Hammer
Watermelon Man
Panther
Greased Lightning
True Identity
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Slogan
BaadAsssss Cinema
Armed
O.C. and Stiggs
Wattstax
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Riot
Gang in Blue
Redemption Road
Calm at Sunset
Tales of Erotica
Blackout
Identity Crisis
Love Kills
Classified X
America
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Don't Play Us Cheap
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Just an Old Sweet Song
Taking Care of Terrific112 credits on file
Television 12
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Outer Limits
Girlfriends
Living Single
Dream On
The Shining
Hallmark Hall of Fame
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Hollywood Black
Sonny Spoon
The Sophisticated GentsAwards 2
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About this person
Melvin Van Peebles was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival which gained him the interest of Hollywood studios, leading to his American feature debut Watermelon Man, in 1970. Eschewing further overtures from Hollywood, he used the successes he had so far to bankroll his work as an independent filmmaker.
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