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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.
The Story of a Three Day Pass: Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. With Harry Baird, Pierre Doris, Christian Marin, Nicole Berger. A black American soldier is demoted for fraternizing with a white girl in France.
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- Drama, Romance
- Melvin Van Peebles
- 1968-06-12
Turner (Harry Baird), an African American soldier stationed in France, is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base by his casually racist commanding officer and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman (Nicole Berger)—but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
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The Captain. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. A black American soldier, Turner (Harry Baird), is given three days leave in Paris. Not knowing what to do with himself, he goes to a nightclub where...
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- Harry Baird
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Drama
The Story of a Three Day Pass. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1967 • United States. Starring Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Hal Brav. Melvin Van Peebles’s edgy, angsty, romantic first feature could never have been made in America.
Set in 1967, the film follows an African-American soldier as he find romance and enounters racial problems during a three-day pass in France.
Sep 28, 2021 · A love story that boldly portrays interracial intimacy and unflinchingly confronts the distortions of racism, The Story of a Three Day Pass is infused with what Van Peebles has termed “bittersweet lyricism.”
