Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema and director of ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,’ dies at 89 – ABC7 New York

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave, has died. He was 89.

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