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Born on Jan. 15, 1957 in Mexico City, Mexico, Van Peebles was raised by his father, Melvin Van Peebles, a director of several acclaimed blaxploitation films like the seminal "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (1971) and "Watermelon Man" (1970), and his mother, Maria Marx, a photographer. Having grown up in Europe - his mother was of French extract... Continue Bio >>

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