Une fable féroce et caustique sur le « rêve américain » signée par l’écrivain noir américain Melvin Van Peebles.Abe, Noir américain du début du XXe siècle, n’aura connu qu’une brève vie d’injustice lorsqu’il meurt à 27 ans. Expédié en Enfer (zone USA), il constate stupéfait que les Noirs y sont privilégiés sur les Blancs pour mieux les faire souffrir. Abe profite de cet éternel séjour pour s’instruire et comprendre les racines des problèmes de son pays. Sympathisant avec un Blanc, Dave, ex-éclaireur de la conquête de l’Ouest scalpé par les Indiens au XIXe siècle, Abe convainc le Diable de les renvoyer tous deux dans l’Amérique de 1938. Séparés, mais promettant de se retrouver, les deux amis vont alors suivre des chemins très différents. Satire sociale féroce sous la forme d’une farce burlesque, Un Américain en enfer attaque frontalement et de manière originale l’essence même du « rêve américain ».

The true American: A folk fable

VAN PEEBLES, Melvin

DOUBLEDAY

Written for newcomers to options trading with an average amount of money to invest, this guide explains how to gauge the risks and estimate the rewards for successful investing and details a concrete strategy for winning

Bold Money: How to Get Rich in the Options Market

Business & Money

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

Written for newcomers to options trading with an average amount of money to invest, this guide explains how to gauge the risks and estimate the rewards for successful investing and details a concrete strategy for winning

Bold Money: A New Way to Play the Options Market

Investing

A successful father-and-son team discuss their experiences collaborating on the film "Identity Crisis"

No Identity Crisis: A Father and Son's Own Story of Working Together

Van Peebles, Mario

Humor & Entertainment

Fireside

The first part of this heavily illustrated book recounts the beginnings of the Black Panther Party & its eventual collapse; the second half describes the making of the movie about the party.

Panther: The Illustrated History of the Black Panthers and the Story Behind the Film (A Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook)

History

Taylor, Ula Y.

Lewis, J. Tarika

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Newmarket Pr

A college student doing research about the Black Panther Party for a thesis learns about the origins of the group, and a secret plot to flood the ghetto with drugs to politically neutralize the Black community

Panther: A Novel

Thunder's Mouth Pr

A reprint of Melvin Van Peebles 1971 suprise hit movie of the same name that changed the movie industry forever. The book offers a reflection from Melvin Van Peebles twenty years after the movie, with an introduction by his son, Mario Van Peebles. The book offers an insight into the technical aspects of filmmaking and is used in many film schools as a textbook for filmmakers.

The Making of Sweet Sweet Back Baadasssss Song, Collector's Edition

Movies

Neo Press

Nearly forty years after breaking his way into public consciousness, the indefatigable godfather of African American cinema presents a graphic novel version of his latest film (of the same name). Beholden to no one but himself, Melvin Van Peebles vividly brings the big screen alive on the printed page in this delicious romp about a soul-searching globetrotter. The immaculately illustrated, bawdy picaresque details a lonely man's search for love in all the wrong places—an odyssey of a man ("played" in the film and in the illustrations by Van Peebles) whose restlessness keeps him constantly on the move. Replete with film stills, all-original illustrations, crackling dialogue, and trademark wit (recalling the best of Richard Pryor as funneled through an oversexed Miguel de Cervantes), this madcap adventure reflects an artist-provocateur at the peak of his creative power. Melvin Van Peebles established his legacy as the iconoclastic founding father of African American cinema from directing, writing, producing, and acting in such groundbreaking films as Watermelon Man (1970) and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971). He has been equally prolific across several media as a novelist, musician, and composer—and, quixotically, was the first African American to hold a seat on the American Stock Exchange. His numerous achievements include the French Legion of Honor, the 1999 Chicago Underground Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award, several Tony Award nominations, a Grammy Award nomination, and a Gotham Award from MOMA and the Independent Feature Project in December 2008. He lives in New York City.

Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Akashic Books Ltd

SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG

ROUGE PROFOND

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