How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)
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- Critics Consensus 92%
- CC
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- Documentary
- 1 Hour 24 Minutes
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2.0 • 1 Rating
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A prolific and multi-talented artist, Melvin Van Peebles boasts a life story as provocative and category-defying as the best of his work. A pioneer in film, music, and beyond, Van Peebles made his name with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, the controversial 1971 feature he self-produced outside of the Hollywood system, indelibly changing the face of independent cinema and launching the Blaxploitation era. Playfully chronicling Van Peebles’ astonishing and unexpected journey comprised of, among a long list of accomplishments, turns as an Air Force pilot, Broadway playwright, French novelist, Wall Street trader and civil rights activist, this award-winning documentary illuminates an artist and man whose groundbreaking impact on film, politics and pop culture remains as relevant as ever.
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- Rent $3.99
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A prolific and multi-talented artist, Melvin Van Peebles boasts a life story as provocative and category-defying as the best of his work. A pioneer in film, music, and beyond, Van Peebles made his name with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, the controversial 1971 feature he self-produced outside of the Hollywood system, indelibly changing the face of independent cinema and launching the Blaxploitation era. Playfully chronicling Van Peebles’ astonishing and unexpected journey comprised of, among a long list of accomplishments, turns as an Air Force pilot, Broadway playwright, French novelist, Wall Street trader and civil rights activist, this award-winning documentary illuminates an artist and man whose groundbreaking impact on film, politics and pop culture remains as relevant as ever.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $9.99
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Ratings and Reviews
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Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Spike Lee
- St. Clair Bourne
- Elvis Mitchell
- Gordon Parks
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Mario Van Peebles
- Director
- Joe Angio
- Producers
- Michael Solomon
Information
- Studio
- Music Box Films
- Genre
- Documentary
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2015 Southport Music Box Corporation d/b/a Music Box Films
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.