Melvin Van Peebles Filmes
- 2004
Baadasssss!
Baadasssss!6.52004HD
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song."...
- 1995
Panther
Panther6.1951995HD
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...
- 1995
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom31995HD
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.
- 2009
Directors on Directing
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A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.
- 2005
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)72005HD
Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet...
- 1968
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
The Story of a Three-Day Pass6.31968HD
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...
- 1977
Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning6.31977HD
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
- 2005
Unstoppable
Unstoppable02005HD
An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.
- 1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song5.1951971HD
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and...
- 2007
Blackout
Blackout5.62007HD
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...
- 1999
SMUT
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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...
- 1989
Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis1.31989HD
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
- 2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-19757.5832011HD
Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists...
- 1992
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong71992HD
Satchmo. There are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied 20th-century...
- 2003
The Hebrew Hammer
The Hebrew Hammer5.42003HD
When a psychotic Santa tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful...
- 1969
Slogan
Slogan5.81969HD
Commercial director Serge Faberge is having an affair with Evelyne, the 18 year old fiancee of friend Hugh. His own pregnant wife Francoise usually...
- 1987
O.C. and Stiggs
O.C. and Stiggs4.51987HD
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...
- 2013
Peeples
Peeples5.62013HD
The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at...
- 2008
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha6.52008HD
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
- 1997
Riot
Riot5.51997HD
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal...