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Three Pickup Men for Herrick

The Story of a Three Day Pass • 8m 45s

Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1957 • United States

The second short film Melvin Van Peebles made in San Francisco before decamping for Europe is a striking portrait of a group of day laborers competing to secure a job.

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    Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1961 • France

    Made in 1961 in Paris, LES CINQ CENT BALLES is about a boy who tries to retrieve a five-hundred-franc note from a gutter.

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