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Here’s what the Black Panthers taught young Mario Van Peebles about fashion
Mario Van Peebles didn’t have the typical upbringing of his San Francisco schoolmates. When he was young, his father, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, would take him to Black Panthers meetings in ...
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Visual History with Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles discusses his career with his son, director and actor Mario Van Peebles, including starting to ... Van Peebles had problems financing his next movie. Funding the new production with ...
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Melvin Van Peebles: 'Godfather of black cinema' dies at 89
actor Mario Van Peebles, said: "Dad knew that black images matter. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what was a movie worth? "We want to be the success we see, thus we need to see ourselves ...