1094 - Watermelon Man (1970)

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 6:08 p.m.

Indie director Melvin van Peebles\u2019 one film for Columbia Pictures pointedly slams against the dictates and standards of studio filmmaking with his Godfrey Cambridge-starring vehicle about a white bigot who wakes up black and finds himself in a world that no longer tolerates his existence.

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