{"product_id":"melvin-van-peebles-essential-films-used","title":"Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films (#1093 - 1096) USED","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe explosive style and unfiltered expression of blackness that jolted American independent cinema to new life\u003cbr\u003eFive-Blu-ray special edition box set\u003cbr\u003eDirector, writer, composer, actor, and one-man creative revolutionary Melvin Van Peebles jolted American independent cinema to new life with his explosive stylistic energy and unfiltered expression of Black consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough he undeniably altered the course of film history with the anarchic Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, that pop-culture bombshell is just one piece of a remarkably varied career that has also encompassed forays into European art cinema (The Story of a Three Day Pass), mainstream Hollywood comedy (Watermelon Man), and Broadway musicals (Don’t Play Us Cheap).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach facet of Van Peebles’s renegade genius is on display in this collection of four films, a tribute to a transformative artist whose caustic social observation, radical formal innovation, and uncompromising vision established a new cinematic model for Black creative independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included in the set is Baadasssss!, a chronicle of the production of Sweet Sweetback made by Van Peebles’s son Mario Van Peebles—and starring the younger Van Peebles as Melvin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecial Edition Features\u003cbr\u003e4K digital restorations of all four films, approved by filmmaker Mario Van Peebles\u003cbr\u003e\"Baadasssss!\", a 2003 feature film\u003cbr\u003eNew interviews with Mario Van Peebles, Elvis Mitchell, Warrington Hudlin, and Nelson George\u003cbr\u003eNew interviews with Gerald R. Butters Jr., Novotny Lawrence, and Amy Abugo Ongiri\u003cbr\u003eAudio commentaries, introductions to the films, documentaries, archival interviews and short films\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbit DVD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40559681404972,"sku":"715515264617U","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/image_06b1a786-e1df-4bb9-8adf-8f10cede15e3.jpg?v=1689901345","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/melvin-van-peebles-essential-films-used","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}