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Mario Van Peebles and Elvis Mitchell on SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song • 23m
In this interview, recorded in 2021, filmmaker Mario Van Peebles shares with film critic Elvis Mitchell anecdotes about his father, director Melvin Van Peebles.
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Melvin Van Peebles, 1971
In this segment from the television show “Detroit Tubeworks,” director Melvin Van Peebles promotes his film SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG on the occasion of its Detroit opening weekend, in 1971.
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Gerald R. Butters Jr., Amy Abugo Ongi...
In this 2021 conversation, film scholars Gerald R. Butters Jr., Amy Abugo Ongiri, and Novotny Lawrence discuss the film SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG and its impact on Black film.
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Melvin Van Peebles on “Black Journal”
This October 19, 1971, episode of the television show “Black Journal” features interviews with director Melvin Van Peebles and journalists Clayton Riley, Francis Ward, and A. Peter Bailey.
