Melvin Van Peebles [135650] Gender: Male Popularity: 1.3987 Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA Birthday: 1932-08-21 Deathday: 2021-09-21 Age: 89 years Movies: 44 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melvin "Block" Van Peebles (August 21, 1932 - September 21, 2021) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer. He was most famous for creating the acclaimed film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African American focused films. He was the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvin Van Peebles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Sweet Black Film: The B2022-03-16 Oscar Micheaux: The Sup2021-07-10 Armed2018-09-14 Peeples2013-05-09 Salty Dog Blues2012-01-01 The Black Power Mixtape2011-04-01 Infiltrating Hollywood:2011-01-01 Redemption Road2011-08-26 Directors on Directing2009-09-24 The Black List: Volume 2009-02-26 American Swing2009-10-17 Confessions of a Ex-Doo2008-08-22 Blackout2007-10-01 Hard Luck2007-10-17 How to Eat Your Waterme2005-04-07 Unstoppable2005-02-13 The Hebrew Hammer2003-12-05 The Real Deal: What It 2003-01-14 BaadAsssss Cinema2002-08-14 René Vautier, le rebel2000-04-29 Love Kills1999-10-04 Classified X1998-10-16 Riot1997-04-27 Calm at Sunset1996-12-01 Gang in Blue1996-09-08 Panther1995-05-03 Fist of the North Star1995-04-22 Farewell, Babylon!1993-08-28 Last Action Hero1993-06-18 Posse1993-05-14 Boomerang1992-06-30 True Identity1991-08-23 Making 'Do the Right Th1989-11-03 Identity Crisis1989-09-15 Satchmo: The Life of Lo1992-01-01 Taking Care of Terrific1988-01-16 Jaws: The Revenge1987-07-17 O.C. and Stiggs1987-07-10 America1986-10-01 Wattstax1973-02-04 Sweet Sweetback's Baada1971-03-31 Watermelon Man1970-05-27 Sunlight1957-01-01 SMUT