Melvin Van Peebles Movies

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South....

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...

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

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...

A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.

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

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...

Wide eyed Marty O Neil (Lee Homes) takes to the road on a quest to give his life meaning. When his motorcycle breaks down outside an adult bookstore...

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

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