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How to eat your watermelon in white company (and enjoy it) / an IFC original production ; Breakfast at Noho presents a film by Joe Angio and Michael Soloman ; produced by Michael Solomon ; written & directed by Joe Angio.
LIBRA DVD 021 799
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021.
- Van Peebles, Melvin.
- African American motion picture producers and directors--Biography.
- African American motion picture producers and directors.
- Blaxploitation films.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Englisn and French, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD ; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A tale of how a young black kid from Chicago, Melvin Van Peebles, ended up making one of the most controversial movies in American history, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the film that sparked the Blaxploitation era in Hollywood.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Dick Hehmeyer ; Melvin Van Peebles.
- Credits:
- Camera and sound, Joe Angio, Michael Solomon ; editor, Jane Rizzo ; music, Jeremy Parise.
- Notes:
- Originally released in 2006.
- 1.78:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
- Bonus features: Melvin's hilarious TV news commentaries; live concert performances; theatrical trailer.
- OCLC:
- 123960502
- Publisher Number:
- 014381400724
- HVE4007DVD Home Vision Entertainment
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