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  1. 3 days ago · 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. It broke all the rules, inventing its own grammar and proclaiming its emancipation from cinematic conventions.

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  3. 5 days ago · Sidney Poitier KBE ( / ˈpwɑːtjeɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a BahamianAmerican actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2] .

  4. 2 days ago · Melvin Van Peebles; Simon Chuckster; Hubert Scales; Niva Rochelle; Rheta Hughes; Brer Soul.; Bob Maxwell; José Garcia

  5. 4 days ago · Mario Van Peebles has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Mario Van Peebles movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Mario Van Peebles films to end the squabble once and for all.

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  6. 5 days ago · Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the story of a young hustler (Van Peebles) whose aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a black revolutionary by two white cops.

  7. 4 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."