How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:11
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles, Spike Lee, Gordon Parks
Director: Joe Angio
Reviews for How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And...
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A phenomenal outline of [Melvin Van Peeble's] prolific and varied life. Full Review |
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The first film to fully encompass Van Peebles' long, varied and impressive career. Full Review |
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4/4 |
A warts and all bio-pic which chronicles the life of a brash Renaissance Man who, frustrated by racism in America, abandoned the U.S. for France at an early age to pursue an assortment of artistic endeavors overseas. Full Review |
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[Van Peebles] could surely survive a more critical and complete look at his extraordinary life and times. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The 72-year-old Melvin remains fascinating as an artist, self-promoter, and success story. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
... offers a solid overview of the pioneering African-American filmmaker's wide-ranging career. Full Review |
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3/4 |
... enlightening doc ... Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Angio's film is an excellent introduction, but it won't be long before you realize that his subject is too complex to be contained in a single admiring tribute. Full Review |
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How to Eat is finally nostalgic, albeit less so for Van Peebles, who at 73 remains active on multiple artistic fronts, than for a lost era when brash individualism and radical politics seemed to go hand in hand. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
This documentary about the pioneering black filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles is nearly as mischevious and fascinating as its subject.
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Melvin Van Peebles gets the idolatrous treatment in this documentary by first-time director Joe Angio. Full Review |
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Frisky, enthralling and inspiring. Full Review |
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