Title from container. Bonus features: Melvin's hilarious TV news commentaries; live concert performances; theatrical trailer. Narrator, Dick Hehmeyer.
Summary:
A tale of how a young black kid from Chicago, Melvin Van Peebles, ended up making one of the most controversial movies in American history, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the film that sparked the Blaxploitation era in Hollywood.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)123960502
Locations:
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)
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