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Melvin Van Peebles on SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG, 2002

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song • 22m

Melvin Van Peebles recounts his memories of making his film SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG as he strolls through Paris, in this interview from 2002.

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    This excerpted interview with director Melvin Van Peebles, conducted by his son filmmaker Mario Van Peebles, was recorded in 2004 for the Directors Guild of America’s Visual History Program.

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