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    Melvin Van Peebles To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award At Chicago Movies And Music Festival

    by Sergio on February 21, 2013

    Melvin Van Peebles will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achivement Award at the 5th annual Chicago International Movies and Music Festival which will run from April 18-21.

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    Revisit 'The Story Of A Three-Day Pass' On Melvin Van Peebles' 80th Birthday (His 1st Feature)

    by Malcolm Woodard on August 21, 2012

    If I may toss in my own little piece of acknowledgement of Melvin Van Peebles' 80th birthday today (see Tambay's post earlier today HERE).

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    Melvin Van Peebles Is 80 Years Old Today... The Master Provocateur Is Still Going Strong

    by Tambay A. Obenson on August 21, 2012

    Happy 80th birthday to Melvin Van Peebles - one of those milestone birthdays, for a man who directed, quite possibly, one of the most polarizing black films ever made, the 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, with the intellectual and ideological fissure happenin...

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    Melvin Van Peebles Will Celebrate 80th Birthday w/ Surprise-Filled Tribute At Film Forum

    by Tambay A. Obenson on August 11, 2012

    The event is about a week and a half from today, August 21, so if you're in NYC, or plan to be, you're encouraged to purchase tickets now - $12.50 general. 

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    38th Annual Deauville American Film Fest Will Pay Homage To Career Of Melvin Van Peebles

    by Tambay A. Obenson on July 17, 2012

    A snippette from the much longer press release (which is in French, meaning I had to put my translation skills to work - thanks to Google)...

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    Exclusive: A Glimpse Into The Extraordinary Life That Belongs To Melvin Van Peebles

    by Tambay A. Obenson on July 11, 2012

    I recall the very first time I saw Melvin Van Peebles in person, at a Museum Of The Moving Image tribute event in early 2008 for the late St Clair Bourne, who'd recently passed (December 2007).

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    Exclusive: A Glimpse Into The Extraordinary Life That Belongs To Melvin Van Peebles - Part 1

    by Tambay A. Obenson on June 19, 2012

    I recall the very first time I saw Melvin Van Peebles in person, at a Museum Of The Moving Image tribute event in early 2008 for the late St Clair Bourne, who'd recently passed (December 2007).

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    Flashback To 1971 - Discord Over "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"

    by Tambay A. Obenson on March 22, 2012

    Melvin Van Peebles will hit one of those milestone birthdays this year; the man will turn 80 years old on August 21st!

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