Don't Play Us Cheap.

Melvin Van Peebles's film version of his own Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical is a bold blend of theater and nervy, New Wave-inflected cinematic invention. A cast of Black stage and screen luminaries including Esther Rolle, Mabel King, and Avon Long stars in this charmingly offbeat, fablel...

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Online Access: Streaming Video (via Kanopy)
Other Authors: Long, Avon (Actor), Keyes Jr., Joe (Actor), Hughes, Rhetta (Actor)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : The Criterion Collection, 1972.
Kanopy Streaming, 2023.
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