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Photograph of Melvin Van Peebles with a microphone on stage

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Dukes, Kevin

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Photograph of Melvin Van Peebles, writer, and director most famous for creating Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Melvin is seated on stage in front of a microphone and talking to the audience. Beside him is a wooden stool with a small cup of water that's available to him. Melvin is dressed in a leather jacket and cap and is moving his arms in expression. This photograph was taken at the 2010 - 24-Hour FilmFeast event, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre, 1309 Canton St, Dallas, Texas.1 photograph : digital, b&w
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