How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) is a documentary chronicling the life and career of African-American filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles. Most well known for his very revolutionary 1970 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadaaass Song, Melvin Van Peebles has quietly carved out a legendary career and become one of the most influential African-American artists of the 20th century. When the widespread media did not have the kind of art he liked, Van Peeples did it himself, forging a daring and markedly different kind of product. Joe Angio's unique documentary attempts to encapsulate the career of this eccentric figure, from his move to France, where he penned five French language novels, and back to America, where he began a MORE [EDIT]
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Duration: 1:25:00
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