A Timeline Of The Van Peebles Family In Film

That's "Baadasssss" with three a's and five s's.

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1970: Melvin Directs Watermelon Man for Columbia Pictures

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1971: Melvin Writes/Directs/Produces/Scores and Stars in Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song!

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1987: Melvin and Mario both appear in Jaws: The Revenge

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1989: Melvin Directs Mario's Screenplay, Identity Crisis

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6. 1991: Mario Directs and Stars in New Jack City

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1993: Mario Directs and Stars in Posse

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2001: Mario plays Malcolm X in Ali

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2003: Mario Plays Melvin in the film Baadassss!, Which He Also Writes, Directs, and Produces

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Mario Directs 50 Cent in His Own Sreenplay, All Things Fall Apart

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Mario Directs Four of His Five Children in We the Party

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