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Harvard Film Archive--Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song directed by Melvin Van Peebles at 7 p.m. $6.50. Paths of Glory directed by Stanley Kubrick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...team, its hard to believe their best effort has ended in a loss, but the 5-1 score is not really indicative of the game." Harvard assistant coach Paul Melvin said...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icewomen Down Eagles in 'Pot, 5-1 | 2/5/1992 | See Source »

Thursday: two members of Living Colour, guitarist Vernon Reid and drummer William Calhoun, have joined forces with acclaimed bassist Melvin Gibbs to form an all-instrumental trio, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $11 day of show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLUBS | 12/12/1991 | See Source »

...Melvin H. Chalfen '50, who spoke before the school committee, suggested the condoms be distributed through the existing Teen Health Center--provided students first sit down with a counselor to discuss proper usage of the contraceptive, as well as the practice of abstinence as the best way to avoid sexually-transmitted diseases...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: Leading the Charge | 12/10/1991 | See Source »

Baadasssss, as in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which Melvin Van Peebles (Mario's father) made in 1971. Sex-sated and X-rated, Sweetback trumpeted the bustling era of blaxploitation films. Their heroes were no lilies of the field. They dealt drugs (Super Fly) or tracked down drug dealers (Shaft). Short on artistry but long on verve, these violent epics were significant for the same reason they remained, in every sense, a minority entertainment: they were movies made not only for blacks but, often, by them. African-American filmmakers had kicked their foot through the industry's back door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boyz Of New Black City | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

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