Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, which turns 50 this month, is the opposite of the definition imposed on it. The 1971 film inspired the Blaxploitation genre, but Melvin Van Peebles exploited no one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections ...

Actor, writer, director, and cinema icon Melvin Van Peebles died on September 21, 2021 at age 89. A prolific creator and father of actor Mario Van Peebles, Melvin was known for his fierce dedication ...

Melvin Van Peebles’s landmark movie opened the door not only for black film-making but for independent movies in general “This film is dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who had enough of the ...

This past weekend, while most pop culture watchers were debating the latest entry in the Tyler Perry oeuvre — and moviegoers parting with a collective $25 million in order to see it — an historical ...

Melvin Van Peebles, the influential indie filmmaker who helped spawn the Blaxploitation genre with his 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song, has died at the ...

The history of Chicago’s urban spaces and race relations can be viewed through many lenses. Gerald R. Butters Jr.’s new book, “From Sweetback to Super Fly: Race and Film Audiences in Chicago’s Loop,” ...

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died. He was 89. “Sweet Sweetback” was a ...

"You're Gone (Again)" "It Don't Show on Me" "My Uncle Used to Love Me (But She Died) ""I Want to Be a Real Cowboy Girl" With superb musicianship and an appreciation for times gone by, The Sweetback ...

Melvin Van Peebles’s landmark movie opened the door not only for black film-making but for independent movies in general “This film is dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who had enough of the ...