Known for his pioneering blaxploitation cinema, the late film director also created Don't Play Us Cheap, a goofy but soul-stirring Broadway hit that should not be forgotten When Melvin Van Peebles died last autumn, he was rightly remembered as a firebrand film-maker and the godfather of blaxploitation and independent cinema. His stage career as a theatre director, playwright, composer and lyricist is less well docume…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM on January 30, 2022