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Sep 22, 2021 · Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker praised as the godfather of modern Black cinema and a trailblazer in American independent movies, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 89. His...
Sep 23, 2021 · Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work helped usher in the "blaxploitation" wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He...
Sep 22, 2021 · Influential director Melvin Van Peebles died on Tuesday night at home in Manhattan. The 89-year-old director was best known for his independent films Watermelon Man (1970) and Sweet...
Melvin Van Peebles: 'Godfather of black cinema' dies at 89. Melvin Van Peebles, famous for 70s films including Watermelon Man, died in New York aged 89.
Sep 23, 2021 · Melvin Van Peebles was many things, an independent filmmaker, actor, author, playwright, poet, painter and musician. He died Tuesday at the age of 89. Here he is talking to NPR in 2006 about...
Sep 23, 2021 · 23 September 2021. Getty Images. Pioneering filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, dubbed the "godfather of black cinema", has died aged 89, with directors Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay and Barry Jenkins...
Sep 22, 2021 · Melvin Van Peebles, the pioneering African American auteur behind the 1970s films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, has died. He was 89. Van Peebles, the father of...
