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Peebles (Scottish Gaelic: Na Pùballan) is a royal burgh in Tweeddale (of which it is the county town), within the Scottish Borders region. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.
Initially a market town, Peebles played a role in the woollen industry of the Borders up until the 1960s. Although one woollen mill remains operational in the town, the industrial composition of Peebles has changed; the town is now home to many people who commute to work in Edinburgh, as well as being a popular tourist destination, especially in the summer. In the mid-to-late 19th century, this included health tourism, centring on hydropathic establishments, which over time morphed into a hotel format, with Peebles Hydro Hotel being one of the few survivors of that era. Notable buildings in the town include the Old Parish Church of Peebles and Neidpath Castle. Other local attractions include a museum and the Kailzie Gardens. It has won multiple awards for an excellent range of shops on its High Street.
Melvin "Block"Van Peebles (born August 21, 1932) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer.
He is most famous for creating the acclaimed film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African-American focused films. He is the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles.
Born Melvin Peebles, in Chicago, Illinois, to a black tailor, he joined the Air Force in 1954, thirteen days after graduating in literature (B.A., 1953) from Ohio Wesleyan University, staying for three and a half years in the Force. He married the German actress and photographer, Maria Marx. They lived in Mexico for a brief period, where he painted portraits, before coming back to the United States, where he started driving cable cars in San Francisco.
Melvin Van Peebles began writing about his experiences as a cable car driver. Van Peebles' first book, The Big Heart, evolved from a small article and series of photographs
According to Van Peebles, a passenger suggested that he should become a filmmaker. Van Peebles shot his first short film, Pickup Men for Herrick in 1957, and made two more short films during the same period. About these films, Van Peebles says: "I thought they were features. Each one turned out to be eleven minutes long. I was trying to do features. I knew nothing." As he learned more about the filmmaking process, he found out that "I could make a feature for five hundred dollars. That was the cost of ninety minutes of film. I didn't know a thing about shooting a film sixteen to one or ten to one or none of that shit. Then I forgot you had to develop film. And I didn't know you needed a work print. All I can say is that after I did one thing he would say, 'Well, aren't you gonna put sound on it?' and I would go, 'Oh shit!' That's all I could say."
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. Cosby's start in stand-up comedy began at the hungry i in San Francisco, and was followed by his landing a starring role in the 1960s television show I Spy. During the show's first two seasons, he was also a regular on the children's television series The Electric Company.
Using the Fat Albert character developed during his stand-up routines, Cosby created, produced, and hosted the animated comedy television series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, a show that ran from 1972 to 1985, centering on a group of young friends growing up in an urban area. Throughout the 1970s, Cosby starred in a number of films, occasionally returning to film later in his career. After attending Temple University in the 1960s, he received his bachelor's degree there in 1971. In 1973 he received a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and in 1976 he earned his Doctor of Education degree, also from UMass. His dissertation discussed the use of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids as a teaching tool in elementary schools.
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Actors: Adam Carolla (actor), David J. Skal (actor), Melvin Van Peebles (actor), Tommy Chong (actor), Barbara Hammer (actress), Chris Gore (actor), Delmar Watson (actor), Lexi Lamour (actress), Benjamin Meade (director), Benjamin Meade (producer), Benjamin Meade (editor), Rusty Nails (actor), Hammad Zaidi (writer), Hammad Zaidi (producer), Edward Stencel (producer),
Plot: From the birth of cinema through the 1960s in the United States, most pornographic films were brief, black and white, anonymously produced films known as "stag films", "blue movies", or "smokers," so called because of the smoke-filled rooms where men would gather for private screenings. Initially shot on 35mm film, the advent of 16mm and 8mm consumer film stock allowed for production of about 1,000 of these films between 1915 and 1968. This film examines the "stag" film not as much for the subject matter or lack of production value, but as a metaphor and reflection of American popular culture. Featuring film footage from the largest private "stag" film collection in North America, American Stag is an amazing study of a subterranean phenomena of cinema in the western world. Featuring interviews with Adam Carolla, Melvin Van Peebles, Tommy Chong, Barbara Hammer, Linda Williams, Chris Gore, David Skal, and Rupert Jee.
Keywords: animated-sex, cartoon-sex, cigarette-smoking, female-full-frontal-nudity, group-sex, interracial-sex, male-full-frontal-nudity, rape, sex-outside, stag-filmActors: Adam West (actor), Mario Van Peebles (actor), Terry Crews (actor), John Singleton (actor), Robert Peters (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Glenn Plummer (actor), David Alan Grier (actor), Saul Rubinek (actor), Paul Rodriguez (actor), Ossie Davis (actor), Christopher Michael (actor), Len Lesser (actor), Nia Long (actress), Rainn Wilson (actor),
Plot: Melvin Van Peebles stunned the world for the first time, with his debut feature, The Story of a Three Day Pass. Filmed in France and selected as the French entry in the San Francisco Film Festival, Melvin's film was awarded the top prize. Saying it was controversial would be an understatement. In 1968 for a black man to walk up to the podium and accept the top festival award for a film he had to go abroad to make--now that's how you make your mark. After his comedy, Watermelon Man, Melvin was determined to push the Hollywood boundaries with the groundbreaking, and even more controversial, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Turned down by every major studio including Columbia, where he had a three-picture deal, Melvin was forced to basically self-finance. Risking everything he had Melvin delivered to the world the first Black Ghetto hero on the big screen--whether they were ready or not! More than 30 years later, history is being fashioned again in the telling of this very tale. Mario Van Peebles, Melvin's son, directs an honest and revealing portrait of his pioneering father. Mario now tells the story of the making of Melvin Van Peebles' landmark 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, including Melvin's struggles to raise money to fund the film under the guise of creating a black porno film. Melvin had ducked creditors, the unions and had to bail out his camera crew after they were arrested because a white cop decided a bunch of Negroes and hippies couldn't have come by that camera equipment honestly. Despite death threats and temporarily losing sight in one eye, Melvin somehow managed to whip into shape a rag-tag, multi-racial crew and finish the film that would give birth to birth of a new era which was about to explode: Independent Black Cinema.
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1969. SIDE ONE 1. Lilly Done the Zampoughi Everytime I Pulled Her Coattail 0:00 2. Mirror Mirror on the Wall 7:17 3. The Coolest Place in Town 11:57 4. You Can Get Up Before Noon Without Being a Square 15:17 5. The Dozens 18:45 SIDE TWO 1. Tenth and Greenwich (Women's House of Detention) 23:50 2. Come Raising Your Leg on Me 32:54 3. Sera Sera Jim 37:10 4. Catch That on the Corner 41:24
Stay tuned for part 2! Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Melvin Van Peebles for an exclusive interview! Melvin Van Peebles speaks on getting into acting, being a pioneer, Bill Cosby allegations & much more! Follow @jackthriller @thisis50
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent drama film, written, produced, scored, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles, father of actor Mario Van Peebles.
Be sure to subscribe to Reelblack TV. Coming in January our exclusive interview with filmmaker/musician/author/sculptor/playwright MELVIN VAN PEEBLES. Generally regarded the Godfather of Black film, he is the latest subject in our WISDOM series. Only on RBTV.
Watch part 1, Melvin Van Peebles on Bill Cosby Allegations; Being a Pioneer https://youtu.be/LzfrsSnzV4s Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Melvin Van Peebles for an exclusive interview! Melvin Van Peebles speaks on his son Mario Acting, getting females to be sexual in movies, Doofus & much more! Follow @jackthriller @thisis50
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