Scrapbook created by Melvin Van Peebles for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1971
name: label: Created by
content: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: A scrapbook of clippings and ephemera related to the release film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song," personally compiled by Melvin Van Peebles. The scrapbook features a brown, synthetic leather cover with "Melvin Van Peebles" embossed in gold in the bottom right hand corner. The interior pages are filled with press clippings, including advertisements and articles, from print media coverage of the film's release. At the upper left corner of each clipping is a small, white, printed label with the location, date, and title of the publication.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blaxploitation films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Independent films
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.82.8
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: imitation leather with paper and ink on newsprint
label: Dimensions
content: 25 x 20 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (63.5 x 52.1 x 4.1 cm)