Watermelon Man
First screened in July 2013
Director: Melvin Van Peebles. Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Kay Kimberly, Mantan Moreland, Kay E. Kuter. Screenplay: Herman Raucher. Twitter Capsule:
Race-reversal farce alights on rich ironies one minute, then chases tacky conceits or narrative dead-ends the next.
VOR:④Sweetback fans won't expect broader but still pointed farce from Van Peebles. Shakier but plenty interesting. Imagine if he'd gotten more shots from studios.
