Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles was a maverick, self-made film producer, writer, artist, and
playwright whose independent Blaxploitation films were a landmark of
African-American cinema, accompanied by soundtracks that helped pave the way for
early rap music. Born in the Southside of Chicago on August 21, 1932, Van
Peebles wrote an article about his life working as a cable car driver in San
Francisco, which turned into a novel and two homemade short films about his
life. French cinephile Francois Langlois took him to work in Paris, where he put
his stories to music, delivering spoken word rap...
Green PowerQuasimoto and Melvin Van Peebles
Bad CharacterQuasimoto and Melvin Van Peebles
Put a Curse on YouQuasimoto and Melvin Van Peebles
QuartetMelvin Van Peebles, Rhetta Hughes, Joe Keyes, Avon Long, Nate Barnett, Frank Carey, Esther Rolle and Jay Vanleer
SuperstitionMelvin Van Peebles
Chapter 6: Transformation, Pt. 1Melvin Van Peebles and The Heliocentrics
Green PowerQuasimoto and Melvin Van Peebles
The Unseen
Bad CharacterQuasimoto and Melvin Van Peebles
The Unseen
1:56
Put a Curse on YouQuasimoto and Melvin Van Peebles
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1:46
QuartetMelvin Van Peebles, Rhetta Hughes, Joe Keyes, Avon Long, Nate Barnett, Frank Carey, Esther Rolle and Jay Vanleer
4:09
SuperstitionMelvin Van Peebles
What the . . . . You Mean I Can't Sing?!
5:05
Chapter 6: Transformation, Pt. 1Melvin Van Peebles and The Heliocentrics
The Last Transmission
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