Melvin Van Peebles, fiercely independent filmmaker, dies at 89
Briefly

Melvin Van Peebles, whose low-budget 1971 phenomenon, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" - an X-rated film about a Black revolutionary's survival on the run - proved a milestone of independent and African American cinema, died Sept. 21 at his home in Manhattan.
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