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  4. How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)

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How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)

4.3
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Rating
NRA
Duration
1h 25m
Year
2016
Language
English
Publisher
Music Box Films

About

Melvin van Peebles' remarkable life story reveals an artist and a man whose groundbreaking impact on film, politics and pop culture remains, forty-five years after the release of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, as relevant as ever.

Related Subjects

  • Documentary

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

    Reviews

    "Vivid, inventive...proves conclusively that truth can be more fascinating and better structured than fiction."
    Variety
    "The very essence of cool...a broad view of a remarkable life"
    Village Voice
    "Frisky, enthralling and inspiring."
    Newsday

    Artists

    Joe AngioDirector
    Michael SolomonProducer
    Spike LeeActor
    Mario Van PeeblesActor
    Elvis MitchellActor
    Gil Scott-HeronActor