© 2020 – 2023 AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
News

Melvin Van Peebles, groundbreaking playwright and director, dies at age 89

The ‘godfather of modern Black cinema’ is best known for the film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song!

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced film-makers long after, has died. He was 89.

His family said in a statement that Van Peebles, father of the actor-director Mario Van Peebles, died Tuesday evening at his home in Manhattan.

Continue reading…

Related posts

Israel-Hamas war live: EU leaders to call for Gaza ‘humanitarian pause’; Biden redoubles efforts on two-state solution

AEA3

Mums-to-be still being given unsafe epilepsy drug

AEA3

Refugee groups criticise gaps in UK’s Ukraine response

AEA3

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This