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Van Peebles, MelvinVan Peebles, Melvin
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANPSummary: Melvin van Peebles' remarkable life story reveals an artist and a man whose groundbreaking impact on film, politics and pop culture remains, forty-five years after the release of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, as relevant as ever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2016
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Contents: Disc 1, [Vocal]. Prologue ; Big bang reincarnation ; Searching for signs of life ; Blue mist ; The cavern ; Transformation. Pt. 1-2 ; Telepathic routine ; The dance ; Trust the cosmos : (believe in the universe) ; Infinite list : (toss the dice) ; Epilogue -- Disc 2, Instrumentals.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ HELSummary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MELSummary: Starting in the mid-1950s, a group of talented young filmmakers presented a radically new vision of French cinema. Dubbed the "Young Turks" by Cahiers du Cinéma co-founder André Bazin, they overturned the studio-based industry of the day, creating films that were modern, political... and funny. The group included François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Éric Rohmer, and more. The short...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023