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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.
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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Sep 29, 2021 · The Story Of A 3 Day Pass 1968. Topics. Black empowerment with interracial plot. Language. English. Melvin Van Peebles first feature film. Based on a novel in penned in French. Addeddate.
The Story of a Three-Day Pass. Melvin Van Peebles directed this film, his first feature, in 1967, in France, where he had lived for years, and its boldly original inspirations reflect both...
The Story of a Three Day Pass. In the late ‘60s, pioneering Black director Melvin Van Peebles, stymied by the segregation of Hollywood, followed the path of other African-American artists (Richard Wright, James Baldwin) and relocated to Paris.
While stationed in France, Turner, a black American GI, is promoted and given a 3-day pass to Paris. On his first day there, he wanders the streets alone, feeling uncomfortable and lonely. At night he visits a nightclub, hoping the atmosphere will enliven him, but a curt rejection from a beautiful young woman increases his dejection.
A Black soldier stationed in France is given a three-day leave pass to explore the country. While he frolics around, he quickly finds love with a white French woman and ponders how their budding romance will be able to survive.
