Melvin Van Peebles
1932-08-21THE BIOGRAPHY
Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco
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
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BaadAsssss Cinema
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Peeples
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Directors on Directing
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True Identity
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Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
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Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
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Calm at Sunset
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Gang in Blue
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René Vautier, le rebelle
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Hard Luck
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Watermelon Man
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The Black List: Volume Two
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Blackout
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SMUT
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Wattstax
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Classified X
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Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
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Panther
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Riot
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Love Kills
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American Swing
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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Jaws: The Revenge
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How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
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The Real Deal: What It Is
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Terminal Velocity
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Salty Dog Blues
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Armed
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America
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The Hebrew Hammer
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Sunlight
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Posse
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Last Action Hero
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Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
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Farewell, Babylon!
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Boomerang
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Redemption Road
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Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
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Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
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