Mario Van Peebles Movies

A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.

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

An attorney leaves his high-priced firm to work for the less fortunate.

Thrown into the face of death only to emerge unharmed, characters are left staring at their lives in the face with uncertainty and fear like they've...

A sociology graduate student researches her doctoral thesis on female crime by interviewing street prostitutes. Shocked by her findings, she offers...

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied...

A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.

Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a...

As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs,...

After the Crown Heights riots, an orthodox Rabbi and a community activist help two youths--one a Hasidic Jew, the other African-American--form a...

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...

Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film...

Sara, a pregnant woman, is the innocent bystander in a robbery, committed by reluctant criminal, Derek. After being accidentally shot in the robbery,...

Salt-N-Pepa details the journey of Queensborough Community College students Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton as...

Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was...

Profiling former Georgia running back Herschel Walker. The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner overcame teenage bouts with bullying for being overweight and...

A man abducts the love of his life from her holiday-themed wedding in a desperate last attempt to win her back.

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

A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from...

Bank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.