Question: Do director of film Hi, Buddy and director of film Sweet Sweetback'S Baadasssss Song share the same nationality?

His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy. It tells the picaresque story of a poor black man on his flight from the white authority. Van Peebles began to develop the film after being offered a three-picture contract for Columbia Pictures. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent action thriller film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by and starring Melvin Van Peebles. No studio would finance the film, so Van Peebles funded the film himself, shooting it independently over a period of 19 days, performing all of his own stunts and appearing in several sex scenes, some reportedly unsimulated. He received a $50,000 loan from Bill Cosby to complete the project. The film's fast-paced montages and jump-cuts were unique features in American cinema at the time. The picture was censored in some markets, and received mixed critical reviews. However, it has left a lasting impression on African-American cinema. The musical score of "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" was performed by Earth, Wind & Fire. Van Peebles did not have any money for traditional advertising methods, so he released the soundtrack album prior to the film's release in order to generate publicity. Initially, the film was screened only in two theaters in the United States. It went on to gross $15.2 million at the box office. Huey P. Newton celebrated and welcomed the film's revolutionary implications, and "Sweetback" became required viewing for members of the Black Panther Party. According to "Variety", it demonstrated to Hollywood that films which portrayed "militant" blacks could be highly profitable, leading to the creation of the blaxploitation genre, although critic Roger Ebert, commenting on a review of the 2004 film about the making of this movie, did not consider this example of Van Peebles' work to be an exploitation film. <SEP> Born in Portland, Oregon, Young was active as a film editor from 1923- 1934, working first on a series of George O' Hara short subjects under the director Malcolm St. Clair. Young's best- known early directorial assignment is probably" The Scarlet Pimpernel"( 1934), starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon, one example of his occasional work in Britain. Harold Young( November 13, 1897 – March 3, 1972) was an American film director, editor, and occasional actor. He died on March 3, 1972, in Beverly Hills, California. <SEP> Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre. <SEP> Hi, Buddy is a 1943 American musical film directed by Harold Young and written by Warren Wilson. The film stars Dick Foran, Harriet Nelson, Robert Paige, Marjorie Lord, Bobs Watson, Tommy Cook, Jennifer Holt and Gus Schilling. The film was released on February 26, 1943, by Universal Pictures. <SEP> Hammer is a 1972 blaxploitation film directed by Bruce D. Clark. The film was released following the successes of" Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" and" Shaft", notable 1971 films that popularized black cinema. It starred Fred Williamson as B.J. Hammer. Williamson went on to become a staple of the genre. <SEP> He is most famous for creating( and starring in) the acclaimed film" Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", which heralded a new era of black- focused films. Melvin" Block" Van Peebles( born August 21, 1932) is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer. He is the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles.