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Article: Melvin Van Peebles
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- The Tennessee Tribune
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- May 2, 1995
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Rokhsareh Ghaffari
Tennessee TRIBUNE, The
05-02-1995
Melvin Van Peebles.
"There's gonna be some hard times, son
Life is gonna put some grease under your feet, son
But always remember Mama loves you, son And the race
It ain't over until the last inch is run"
From "Quittin' Time" by Melvin Van Peebles, 1994
Melvin Van Peebles' artistic endeavors often start with his appetite. "If I want some okra gumbo and a restaurant has some good okra gumbo, I'll go there," he says thoughtfully, trademark cigar in hand. "If I can't find it, then I go cook it myself. If I'd seen "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" on screen I wouldn't have made it. I didn't, so I went out and made it myself. Same with my songs. ...