Mario Van Peebles on Melvin Van Peebles, Clint Eastwood, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali & social justice

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actor, Director, & Writer, Mario Van PeeblesAbout Harvey's guest:Today’s guest, Veronica Cartwright, is a highly acclaimed, multi-award-winning actor, director, producer and writer who’s been entertaining and enlightening audiences in a spectacular career spanning almost 6 decades. On the big screen, he’s been in many great movies including “Heartbreak Ridge”, “Jaws: The Revenge”, “New Jack City”, “Ali”, “Immortal”, and of course, his 2003 classic, “Baadasssss”, his brilliant collaboration with his legendary father, Melvin Van Peebles, who first introduced his son to the world in his groundbreaking 1971 movie, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song”. Since then, our guest and his father collaborated on many great films, including “Identity Crisis”, “Posse”, “Panther”, and the terrific TV movie “Gang in Blue”, to name just a few. On television, our guest has brought us dozens of outstanding performances in classic TV shows like “The Cosby Show”, “The X Files”, “Law & Order”, “LA Law”, “All My Children”, “Rude Awakening”, “Damages” and “Superstition”. He’s also co-starred in many great TV movies and miniseries including “Stompin’ at the Savoy”, “10,000 Black Men Named George”, “44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-out”, “Sharpshooter”, “Mama Flora’s Family”, and many more. And in addition to some of the movies I’ve already mentioned, our guest has either written, produced or directed – and sometimes all 3 - some other great movies including “Redemption Road”, “Fair Game”, “All Things Fall Apart”, “We the Party”, “USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage” and many more. He also directed Part 2 of the 2016 miniseries “Roots”, featuring his very talented son Mandela Van Peebles. And he’s directed many episodes of some of our favourite TV shows including “21 Jump Street”, “Damages”, “Lost”, “Empire”, “NCIS”, “Sons of Anarchy”, “Power Book III: Raising Kanaan”, and the new Netflix series “Nemesis”, on which he also serves as executive producer. Our guest has received a whole slew of awards and accolades including 2 NAACP Image Awards, 2 Black Reel Awards, numerous prestigious film festival awards, a Directors Guild of America Award nomination and 3 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations. Earlier this year he won the Icon of Achievement Award in Hollywood, and last but certainly not least, in 1994, our guest received an Honorary Doctorate from Hofstra University in recognition of his significant contributions to filmmaking and the arts.For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/To learn more about Mario Van Peebles, go to:https://www.instagram.com/mariovanpeebles/@harveybrownstone,#harveybrownstone,@harveybrownstoneinterviews,#harveybrownstoneinterviews,#MarioVanPeebles,@MarioVanPeebles,#MelvinVanPeebles,#GlennClose,#Childsextrafficking,#DrLoisLee,#AlfreWoodardAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy