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  • Three Pickup Men for Herrick

    Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1957 • United States

    The second short film Melvin Van Peebles made in San Francisco before decamping for Europe is a striking portrait of a group of day laborers competing to secure a job.

  • Les cinq cent balles

    Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1961 • France

    Made in 1961 in Paris, LES CINQ CENT BALLES is about a boy who tries to retrieve a five-hundred-franc note from a gutter.

  • Melvin Van Peebles on THE STORY OF A ...

    This August 14, 1968, episode of the television program “Black Journal” features an interview with director Melvin Van Peebles, who was promoting the U.S. release of his first feature film, THE STORY OF A THREE DAY PASS.