financing, on and on. what did he do for black cinema and independent film sng. as a kid, i grew up on that film. i was learning about editing, we were learning about acting. when you grow up with melvin van peeples filmmaking family, you learned it all. dad would say, i don t know much about baseball, but i want to see you on a team. so he did a movie and it was about a black sex worker who wanted consciousness. they didn t want that, but they wanted a revolutionary movie. they did it black and called it shaft and after that came super fly. it was a great film in many ways but it did sort of make drug dealing look hip, and that hurt
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tonight i want to honor and remember a giant who forever changed the film industry, director, actor, writer and trailblazer melvin van peeples. peeples died this week at the age of 89. he brought a story like three-day pass, bad ass man. tributes are pouring in. h he made the most of every second in every frame. david alan grier stating, we lost another icon. another lion, i should say. people s son mario van peeples joins me now. mario, thank you, sir. i appreciate you joining us this evening. i know it s a tough time for you, but we want to celebrate the legacy of your father and your father s life, so my con
yeah. your dad did not age, you do not age, and i m so grateful that you re here that we can honor your dad and talk about his legacy. thank you. brother, he s right here on my t-shirt. he s right here on my t-shirt. thank you. i want to tell the viewers that a movie featuring melvin van peeples films are next week and is slated for return next year. i salute melvin van peeples. we ll be right back. auce. tonight. i ll be eating salmon sushi with a japanese jiggly cheesecake. jolly good fire nas. yeah? spare a pound? what? you know, bones, shillings, lolly? lolly? bangers and mash? i m. i m sorry? i don t have any money. you don t look broke. my rocket is skint!
kids like julie, kids like casey l lemons, we saw that and it was a game changer. the possibility of being a lead in film, don, meant that one day you could be a lead on television or be a lead in a political movement. all those things are possible if you can see yourself that way. melvin helped us see it that way, and i think that although his vision was different than other people s vision, the vision of freedom was one that was super attractive to all of us. he paved the way for so many. i was speaking just today, actually, about your father and his legacy and what he did. i was speaking with lee daniels. everybody pays homage, and when you bring up melvin van peeples, they bow down. when he wrote a bad ass song, people may not know that he did it all, right? editing, scripting, scoring,