In NYC this week, I went to...
September 25, 2009 #In NYC this week, I went to Issue Project Room last night to see and hear Melvin Van Peebles speak and show some of his work. Probably best known for Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, his 1971 film often credited with starting the Blaxploitation film movement, Mr. van Peebles is an actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, composer and Celestial Mechanic (read: arithmetician). This video is from his stint as a Channel 5 news guest commentator in 1985.
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