The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Melvin Van Peebles

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Melvin Van Peebles

9/9/2006

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2006.100

Actor, film director, fiction writer, and playwright Melvin Van Peebles (1932 - ) was best known for his 1971 independent film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which was credited with helping start Hollywood's Blaxploitation era in the 1970s. He also wrote novels and two Broadway plays, and acted in several films. Van Peebles was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 9/9/2006, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 4; Total Run Time: 01h 41m 17s

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