Actor, writer, director, and cinema icon Melvin Van Peebles died on September 21, 2021 at age 89. A prolific creator and father of actor Mario Van Peebles, Melvin was known for his fierce dedication ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections ...
Melvin Van Peebles’s landmark movie opened the door not only for black film-making but for independent movies in general “This film is dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who had enough of the ...
ACCLAIMED director and actor Melvin Van Peebles, known as the “Godfather of black cinema,” has passed away at age 89 in New York City. Van Peebles was behind iconic films such as Watermalon Man and ...
Melvin Van Peebles, the influential indie filmmaker who helped spawn the Blaxploitation genre with his 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song, has died at the ...
This past weekend, while most pop culture watchers were debating the latest entry in the Tyler Perry oeuvre — and moviegoers parting with a collective $25 million in order to see it — an historical ...
“Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed Mutha” is probably Melvin Van Peebles’ most personal film since “Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song” in 1971, which is a mixed blessing. It’s nice to have Van ...
Melvin Van Peebles’s landmark movie opened the door not only for black film-making but for independent movies in general “This film is dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who had enough of the ...