Episode 234: A Double Dose of Van Peebles with Michael Jai White
We celebrate Melvin Van Peebles by watching 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' with Michael Jai White (SPAWN, BLACK DYNAMITE), who brings a friend along: Mario Van Peebles!
Maximum Film! · Drea Clark, Ify Nwadiwe, Alonso Duralde
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Show Notes
Melvin Van Peebles' SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG was a monumental moment for Black cinema and a gamechanger for cinema as a whole. Not only are we joined by the great Michael Jai White, whose BLACK DYNAMITE was a direct descendant of SWEETBACK, but his friend Mario Van Peebles (son of Melvin, and star of BAADASSSSS!, which tells the story of the making of today's film) pops in to drop some wisdom on us!
Then, we play a quiz about the celebrity children of celebrity parents.
What's Good :
Alonso: Omsom
Drea: Finishing taxes early
Michael: Division of labor, domestically speaking
Ify: Birthday Trip!
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Staff Picks:
Drea: COFFY
Alonso: THE LIVING END
Michael: THE MACK
Ify: BLACK DYNAMITE
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With:
Ify Nwadiwe
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Michael Jai White
Mario Van Peebles
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher