Watermelon man /

"Melvin Van Peebles's only foray into Hollywood filmmaking, Watermelon Man is one of the most audacious, radically conceived works to be financed by a major American studio in the 1970s. Comedian Godfrey Cambridge delivers a virtuoso performance (initially in whiteface)as Jeff Gerber, a lo...

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Other Authors:	Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021 (composer (expression)), Raucher, Herman (Screenwriter), Cambridge, Godfrey, 1933-1976 (Actor), Parsons, Estelle (Actor), Caine, Howard (Actor), Martin, D'Urville, 1939-1984 (Actor), Moreland, Mantan (Actor), Kimberly, Kay (Actor), Kuter, Kay (Actor), Garrett, Scott, 1959- (Actor), Moran, Erin, 1960-2017 (Actor), Kelley, Wallace (director of photography.)
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[New York, N.Y.]: The Criterion Collection, [2021]
Edition:	Blu-ray special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 1094.
Subjects:	Prejudices > Drama. Toleration > Drama. Race discrimination > Drama. Identity (Psychology) > Drama. Identity (Psychology) Prejudices. Race discrimination. Toleration. Fiction films. Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Comedy films.