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unusual facts about Van Peebles


Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles (born 1932), American actor, film director, screenwriter, playwright, writer and composer



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Alex Lozupone

He then shot and edited, with Van Peebles, a video to accompany the album for Lilly Done The Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail.

Paul Carter Harrison

While teaching at California State University, Sacramento (1970–1972), Harrison conceived and directed Melvin Van Peebles' "Ain't Supposed To Die a Natural Death" prior to its Broadway production, and wrote his play The Great MacDaddy which was produced by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1973, and won an Obie Award.

What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?!

largely derives from funk and soul music, much as Van Peebles had featured on the soundtrack to his 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.