Trailblazing filmmaker and three-time Tony nominee Melvin Van Peebles has died at the age of 89. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peebles, who was sometimes called the "godfather of modern Black cinema" passed away on September 21 at his home in Manhattan. Born on August 21, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois as Melvin Peebles (he later added the Van to his name), he went on to graduate from Ohio Wesleyan University i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:48PM on September 22, 2021