How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 25 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 2, 2016
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Music Box Films
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Gil Scott-Heron, Mario Van Peebles & Spike Lee | |
| Directed by | Joe Angio | |
| Subject: | Melvin Van Peebles | |
| Interviewee: | Spike Lee, Gil Scott-Heron, Mario Van Peebles & Gordon Parks | |
| Produced by | Michael Solomon |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 3/4 --
Frisky, enthralling and inspiring.
Newsday
Rating: 4/4 --
A warts and all bio-pic which chronicles the life of a brash Renaissance Man who, frustrated by racism in America, abandoned the U.S. for France at an early age to pursue an assortment of artistic endeavors overseas.
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BlackFilm.com
Rating: 3/4 --
... enlightening doc ...
New York Post
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Angio's film is an excellent introduction, but it won't be long before you realize that his subject is too complex to be contained in a single admiring tribute.
New York Daily News
Rating: B- --
Melvin Van Peebles gets the idolatrous treatment in this documentary by first-time director Joe Angio.
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Christian Science Monitor
Rating: 3.5/5 --
This documentary about the pioneering black filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles is nearly as mischevious and fascinating as its subject.
New York Times
Rating: 4/5 --
A phenomenal outline of [Melvin Van Peeble's] prolific and varied life.
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Product Description:
From French-language novelist, to a rap-styled recording artist, to director of the controversial classic SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG, Melvin Van Peebles has done it all. Speaking with associates and admirers alike--including Spike Lee, Gil Scott Heron, and son Mario Van Peebles--this lively documentary chronicles Peebles's unique journey through life, and indelible place in film history.
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