R.I.P. Melvin Van Peebles
Just learned last night of the September 21 passing of Melvin Van Peebles (Melvin Peebles, 1932-2021) at 89. No doubt most of the tributes to him this week will deal primarily, if not exclusively, with Peebles' place in cinema; he is, after all, one of black American filmdom's three founders, at the head of the […]