Quotes About Melvin Van Peebles

After 'Don't Play Us Cheap,' I got very busy with theater and Wall Street.

My life and career is defined by the constant pursuit of new forms of culture and self-expression.

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

When we talk about 'Sweetback,' yes, it stars the whole black movement, but it's also the first time an independent film made that kind of money and was that successful and taken seriously.

What happened when 'Sweetback' made all that money, the studios were in a very difficult position. They wanted the money, but they didn't the message. This marked the advent of the caricatures which became known as blaxploitation.