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5 days ago · This book offers a first comprehensive look at the work of black directors in Hollywood, from pioneers such as Gordon Parks, Charles Burnett, Melvin Van Peebles, and Ossie Davis to current talents including Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin.
3 days ago · Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." In this documentary, the life of Van Peebles is discussed, including his work not only in film, but also as a novelist, actor, musician, stock trader and even Air ...
1 day ago · In the seven years since, the group has collaborated with film director Melvin Van Peebles, the rapper MIKE, hip-hop pioneers the Last Poets and the singer Solange. After two dizzyingly creative independent albums, Standing on the Corner signed a record contract with XL Recordings but have not released a proper album since, preferring instead to self-release live cassettes and stage elaborate installations.
5 days ago · Then I’ve been working on [reviving] a musical by Melvin Van Peebles called Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death. And I’ve been working on the stage production of Drumline, ...
5 days ago · How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It): Artist Melvin van Peebles. 2005 1 hr. 25 min. Melvin Van Peebles will always be known as the man who not only changed the face of black cinema, but independent cinema forever, when he made his groundbreaking (and taboo breaking) film "Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song."
3 days ago · Is That Black Enough for You?!? is 14136 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 9586 places since yesterday.
4 days ago · Black-centered theatrical offerings on Broadway tell many tales of the diaspora this summer, from the thinly veiled 1990s origin story of Alicia Keys (Hell’s Kitchen) and a fanciful update of the 1970s musical The Wiz to the very first revival of a Negro Ensemble Company production from 1979 entitled Home.
