start to wonder if you can really achieve things until melvin van peebles on the screen. we didn't have facial hair back then, bra. that's something you had afros and bell bottoms and you get pam greer and all those other flicks that came later, he was suddenly showing it's fun to be us and that psychological change is atomic to people under represented. kids like me who grew up watching my dad's movies, watching the movies gordon parks and ozzie davis decided we want to do that, too. spike lee, singleton, kids like some of the sisters coming out now. i got melvin's grandson now here who is getting more auditions and making more money than me. look at his shirt.