Melvin Van Peebles Movies

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again

Satchmo. There are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied 20th-century...

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches...

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

From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who...

A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for...

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek...

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

A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.

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...

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...

Four erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings: 'The Dutch Master': a woman who enters a living painting; 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch':...

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...

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

14-year-old Enid Crowley hates her name and everything about her boring life. All this changes when she becomes a full-time babysitter to a sheltered...

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

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

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