Melvin Van Peebles Movies

THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to...

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song."...

A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...

The zany crew of a New York cable TV station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon, bringing them worldwide attention.

A documentary looking at the making and legacy of The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973).

As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...

In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story...

BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of...

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his recently deceased...

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal...

A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.

A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.

Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.

Turner, a black American soldier, is given three days leave in Paris. Not knowing what to do with himself, he goes to a nightclub where he meets a...

A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.

Drama about a young man who defies his parents by dropping out of college to pursue his dream of owning a fishing boat, following in the footsteps of...

A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.