Melvin Van Peebles on THE STORY OF A THREE DAY PASS
The Story of a Three Day Pass • 5m 12s
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.
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Warrington Hudlin and Nelson George o...
In this conversation, recorded in 2021, film producer Warrington Hudlin and music historian Nelson George discuss Melvin Van Peebles’s defiant filmmaking style.
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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.
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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.
