Melvin Van Peebles, whose low-budget 1971 phenomenon, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” — an X-rated film about a Black revolutionary’s survival on the run — proved a milestone of independent and ...

Melvin Van Peebles, an icon of Black cinema, has passed away. He was 89. His family, The Criterion Collection, and Janus Films confirmed his passing in a statement. "In an unparalleled career ...

Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker behind "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song," and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died. He was 89. "Dad knew that Black images matter," ...

Melvin Van Peebles, an independent filmmaker known for the film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 89. A statement from film distributor the Criterion Collection ...

A modest and affectionate documentary, “How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It),” serves as further reminder to an ever-forgetful public of the work of Melvin Van Peebles, a ...

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Filmmaker and author Melvin Van Peebles has died at the age of 89. The rebel director known for his groundbreaking "blaxploitation" films, passed on Sept. 21 surrounded by his family, the Criterion ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died.

He helped pave the way for the renegade genre known as blaxpolitation, with movies that were bitingly funny, sexually swaggering and occasionally... Melvin Van Peebles, A Giant Of Black Cinema, Dies ...