“It took just a pink shirt, white socks and a slide. Into the public consciousness glided Tom Cruise, his bare left leg snapping taut in the beat before the intro to Bob Seger’s ‘Old Time Rock and ...

Despite being the son of Melvin Van Peebles – the prophetic independent filmmaker behind The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), Watermelon Man (1970) and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) – ...