Iconic filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, known as the "godfather of independent film and modern black cinema," directed and stars in his new film "Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed Mutha," which is based on his own graphic novel of the same name. He tells a comic tale of adventure that is first and foremost a love story. The film is playing at Cinema Village.
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Comments [1]
Rosie, Rosie, dont blush...this is Melvin Van Peebles ....he knows how to undo a young woman's brasier. He is not kidding.
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