How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) Movie Review 2005

Full-bodied documentary paying tribute to the life and times of Melvin Van Peebles, the famed black filmmaker most noted for 1971's "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Van Peebles was also an Air Force navigator, cable car operator, novelist in two languages, composer, recording artist, and floor trader at the American Stock Exchange. Title comes from an essay written by Van Peebles.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on DVD
Running time 85 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Biography: Show Business, Black Culture, Filmmaking

Cinematography

Michael Solomon, Joe Angio

Director

Joe Angio

Music

Jeremy Parise

Other

Margaret Crimmins, Greg Smith, Jane Rizzo

Producer

Michael Solomon