|
|
Part icon, part iconoclast, Melvin Van Peebles is a filmmaker with a history that's as fascinating as any of his motion pictures. This award winning documentary (full of rare achival footage and unforgettable backstage stories from Spike Lee, Mario Van Peebles, Gil Scott-Heron and others) is a carefully-crafted tale of how a young black kid from Chicago ended up making one of the most controversial movies in American history, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the film that sparked the Blaxploitation era in Hollywood. But the story hardly ends there. Director Joe Angio playfully traces Van Peebles' path from atom-bomb-ferrying Air Force pilot.
Release Date: 6/5/2007
Available Formats:
| Format:
Region 1 DVD details...
Price
$21.95 Generally ships in 14-21 days
Stock #
HVE4007DVD |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Other
Urban Documentary Videos and DVDs :
Paul Robeson Videos, Larry Davis Story Videos
|