Melvin Van Peebles

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Actor
gptkb:Film_Director
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:2021
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1957
gptkbp:associated_acts gptkb:The_Last_Poets
gptkb:Earth,_Wind_&_Fire
gptkb:Bill_Withers
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_First_Feature
gptkbp:birth_date 1932-08-21
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mario_Van_Peebles
gptkbp:death_date 2021-09-21
gptkbp:education gptkb:City_College_of_New_York
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:film gptkb:2005
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
gptkbp:film_debut gptkb:1968
gptkb:The_Story_of_a_Three-Day_Pass
gptkbp:genre gptkb:musical
gptkb:comedy
gptkb:drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Melvin Van Peebles
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/ Melvin_ Van_ Peebles_%28cropped%29.jpg/800px-Melvin_ Van_ Peebles_%28cropped%29.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Spike_Lee
gptkb:Quentin_Tarantino
gptkb:John_Singleton
gptkbp:known_for pioneering African-American cinema
gptkbp:music_genre gptkb:jazz
blues
R& B
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Sweet_Sweetback's_Baadasssss_Song
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:musician
gptkb:filmmakers
gptkb:theater_productions
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maria_C._Van_Peebles
gptkbp:website melvinvanpeebles.com
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Sweet_Sweetback's_Baadasssss_Song
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mario_Van_Peebles
gptkb:The_Shining_(miniseries)
gptkb:Blaxploitation_Films
gptkb:Sweetback
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5