Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Remembering Melvin Van Peebles
Clip: 9/25/2021 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
We remember the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician.
Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Remembering Melvin Van Peebles
Clip: 9/25/2021 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89.
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Black Voices: Reporter Panel on Mayor’s Budget Proposal
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Clip: 9/25/2021 | 9m 50s | A panel of Chicago journalists break down Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2022 budget proposal. (9m 50s)
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