Directors on Directing (2009) -- A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.Candied interviews with some of the top Black Directors in the business,
Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Robert Townsend, Bill Duke, Fred Williamson, Melvin Van Peebles and other industry leaders. Seven Lights Productions and Actor and film maker Lord Jamel Wade team up to produce this documentary which examines the art of Directing, the Black pioneers of film making, the industry in Hollywood, the digital technology and President Barack Obama. watch
First, director Mario Van Peebles and his father, screenwriter Melvin Van Peebles, discuss making the movie, Black Panthers. Then, actress Ellen Barkin talks about her new film, Bad Company, co-starring Lawrence Fishburne. Finally, a discussion with actor and director John Sayles about his film The Secret of Roan Inish. watch
Mario Van Peebles stars in and directs this film about his father Melvin's struggle to make his landmark 1971 movie, 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song,' made despite resistance from the white establishment. watch
