A Black Radical Cinema Before Sweetback: "Everyday Realism" in Melvin Van Peebles's Early Short Films.

The article examines Melvin Van Peebles's early short films, "Three Pick Up Men for Herrick" (1957) and "Sunlight" (1957). Topics include everyday realism as a narrative and aesthetic strategy that foregrounds the quotidian lives of black working-class protagonists, the political and class-conscious...

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Publicado en:	Quarterly Review of Film & Video Vol. 42; no. 8; pp. 1781 - 1805
Autor principal:	Smucker, Samuel
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov/Dec2025
Materias:	Short films Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021 Employment of Black people Class differences Realism
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