| The Story of a Three-Day Pass | |
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| Directed by | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Screenplay by | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Based on | La Permission by Melvin Van Peebles |
| Produced by | Guy Belfond |
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| Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
| Edited by | Liliane Korb |
| Music by | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Distributed by | Sigma III Corp. |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | France |
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The Story of a Three-Day Pass (French title: La Permission) is a 1967 film written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles, based on his French-language novel La Permission. It stars Harry Baird as a Black American soldier who is demoted for fraternizing with a white shop clerk (Nicole Berger) in France.
Along with writing and directing the film, Van Peebles collaborated on its score with Mickey Baker and sings one of the two songs written for the film, "When My Number Gonna Hit". The other song, "Hard Times", is a duet; one of the singers is Mickey Baker. The film premiered in 1967 at the San Francisco International Film Festival.[1] In 2020, the film was one of the selections of the Cannes Classics section at the Cannes Film Festival.[2]
- ^ Rapold, Nicolas (6 May 2021). "The Film That Made 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' Possible". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (15 July 2020). "Cannes Film Festival Unveils Cannes Classics 2020 Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 9 October 2020.