Melvin Van Peebles, iconic ‘blaxploitation’ filmmaker, dead at 89
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nypost.comCriterion Collection announced.“Dad knew that Black images matter,” his son Mario Van Peebles said in a statement released by Criterion. “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 being free. True liberation did not mean imitating the colonizer’s mentality.
It meant appreciating the power, beauty and interconnectivity of all people.”Melvin was known for directing productions such as the 1971 indie classic “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” “The Story of a Three-Day Pass,” “Watermelon Man” and “Don’t Play Us Cheap.”“Sweet Sweetback” is going to be played at the New York Film Festival later this week for its 50th anniversary.“In an unparalleled career.
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