How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (2005)

Original title

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

Directed by

Joe Angio

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Melvin Van Peebles through his career in music, acting, and directing. It takes its title from an article Van Peebles wrote that was never published.

reverentialinformativereflectivelivelynostalgiccelebratoryarchival

What happens

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It), is a 2005 documentary film directed and written by Joe Angio, and produced by Michael Solomon. The film follows Melvin Van Peebles through his illustrious musical, acting, and directing career. The name comes from a controversial article that Van Peebles wrote, but never got published. Joe Angio, the director received four nominations for his film. Three of these nominations were for best documentary at the Chicago International film festival, and one nomination was at the Los Angeles Film Festival for best documentary feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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