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5 days ago · International Sales: Arte France. Original Broadcast: Arte France and Arte Germany, March 2022. In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles, an independent filmmaker far ahead of his time, released a mind-blowing piece of avant-garde cinema — Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.
1 day ago · Melvin Van Peebles, the compelling producer behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died on Tuesday night at his home in Manhattan, surrounded by his family. His family, The Criterion Collection and Janus Films affirmed his demise in an assertion delivered Wednesday evening.
8 hours ago · Published 1 minute ago. Hank Azaria has voiced a lot of characters on The Simpsons, including Moe, Disco Stu, Frank Grimes, and even John Wick. Hank Azaria is an American actor argably best known ...
5 days ago · The Memphis soul label is the subject of the HBO Max documentary series, Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. We listen back to archival interviews with Stax musicians Steve Cropper, Booker T. and Isaac Hayes.
2 days ago · Melvin van Peebles directed many films during is career in Hollywood, but his most noted work is the 1971 film 'Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,' which he wrote, directed, and starred in ...
3 days ago · Two films, both released in 1971, are said to have invented the genre: Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, about a poor Black man fleeing the white police, and featuring a soundtrack by Earth, Wind & Fire was one.
5 days ago · Baadasssss! (2004) Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin’s classic 1971 film, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.”. Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin’s brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable ...
