"Actor: Melvin Williams"

• Baad Asssss Cinema - A Bold Look At 70's Blaxploitation Films | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Featuring a wealth of footage from classic films such as Superfly (1972) Shaft (1971) and Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's BaadAsssss Song (1971) and interviews with such key players as Richard Roundtree Quentin Tarantino and Pam Grier Baadasssss Cinema thoroughly explores blaxpolitation films from their breakout casting and the unforgettable soundtracks to the outrageous fashions and hilariously over-the-top storylines that together helped the genre ach

• Me And Mrs Jones | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Heroin King Of Baltimore: Rise And Fall Of Melvin Williams | DVD | (11/11/2016) from £11.87   |  Saving you £2.12 (17.86%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This documentary (mainly narrated by Williams himself) chronicles the life of former drug trafficker Melvyn Williams, who amassed nearly half a billion dollars during the 70s and 80s. In the 60s he was a genius gambler who at age 12 played against gang members and crime bosses winning thousands of dollars. By age 15, Williams was a millionaire and had established himself as a figure on Pennsylvania Ave. For Melvin this marked the beginning of a long struggle that ultimately would end with him...