Melvin Van Peebles
1932-08-21THE BIOGRAPHY
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melvin "Block" Van Peebles (August 21, 1932 - September 21, 2021) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer. He was most famous for creating the acclaimed film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African American focused films. He was the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvin Van Peebles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full
ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES
Identity Crisis
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Taking Care of Terrific
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
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Fist of the North Star
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O.C. and Stiggs
⭐ 4.7
BaadAsssss Cinema
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Peeples
⭐ 5.535
Directors on Directing
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True Identity
⭐ 5.533
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
⭐ 8
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
⭐ 6.5
Calm at Sunset
⭐ 6.5
Gang in Blue
⭐ 4.955
René Vautier, le rebelle
⭐ 10
Hard Luck
⭐ 5.574
Watermelon Man
⭐ 6.4
The Black List: Volume Two
⭐ 6
Blackout
⭐ 6.1
SMUT
⭐ 0Unstoppable
⭐ 0Making 'Do the Right Thing'
⭐ 6.7
Wattstax
⭐ 6.688
Classified X
⭐ 4.5
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
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Panther
⭐ 6.237
Riot
⭐ 5.5
Love Kills
⭐ 2.5
American Swing
⭐ 5.1
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
⭐ 7.6
Jaws: The Revenge
⭐ 4.053
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
⭐ 6
The Real Deal: What It Is
⭐ 0
Terminal Velocity
⭐ 5.333
Salty Dog Blues
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Armed
⭐ 4.75
America
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The Hebrew Hammer
⭐ 5.4
Sunlight
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Posse
⭐ 5.342
Last Action Hero
⭐ 6.468
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
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Farewell, Babylon!
⭐ 0
Boomerang
⭐ 5.669
Redemption Road
⭐ 4.8
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
⭐ 5.5
⭐ 7.395
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⭐ 5.5⭐ 7
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