This release can only be found in the following box set: Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films
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YEAH, Inc
Directed by: Melvin Van Peebles
Featuring: Joe Keyes Jr., Rhetta Hughes, Avon Long, Esther Rolle, Nate Barnett, Frank Carey, Joshie Jo Armstead, George "Ooppee" McCurn, Mabel King, Robert Dunn, Thomas Anderson, Jay Van Leer
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, fablelike fantasy in which a pair of mischief-making devil-bats dispatched by Satan assume human form in order to wreak havoc on a Saturday-night house party in Harlem—only to find their diabolical plan thwarted by their hosts’ infectious generosity of spirit. Staged with ebullience, the original blues- and gospel-infused songs by Van Peebles burst forth in a life-affirming celebration of Black joy, tenderness, resilience, and strength.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Stereo 3.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Television Program
- Introduction by director Melvin Van Peebles from 1997
- Episode of Black Journal from 1972 featuring an interview with Melvin Van Peebles and musical performances by the film's cast
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