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Melvin Van Peebles, influential director, actor and writer, dies at 89


Van Peebles was the pioneering filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles. Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died. He was 89. “Dad …

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