The HistoryMakers video oral history with Melvin Van Peebles.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 41 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.100 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Shawn, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Melvin Van Peebles |
| Portion of title | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Abstract | Actor, writer, and director Melvin Van Peebles was born on August 21, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. Before his success in America, Van Peebles wrote and directed the French film The Story of a Three-Day Pass in 1968. His first Hollywood film was a comedy called Watermelon Man, made in 1970 with writer Herman Raucher. Writing and directing the independent feature Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song in 1971, Van Peebles was credited with starting a new era in American cinema, the "Blaxploitation" Era. In 2005, Van Peebles was the subject of a documentary entitled How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It). As a playwright, he was nominated for three Tony Awards in 1972, as both composer and lyricist, for Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death and in 1973, as Best Book Musical for Don't Play Us Cheap. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer | Shawn Wilson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2006 September 9. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2006.100 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |