Filmmaker and author Melvin Van Peebles has died at the age of 89. The rebel director known for his groundbreaking "blaxploitation" films, passed on Sept. 21 surrounded by his family, the Criterion ...

Melvin Van Peebles, an independent filmmaker known for the film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 89. A statement from film distributor the Criterion Collection ...

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89. In ...

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 ...

Last November, the Houston Cinema Arts Festival decided to close out its festivities with a 50th anniversary screening of “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” the 1971 movie that set off the ...