Melvin Van Peebles Filmes

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....

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

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':...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a...

Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and...

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

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 boy sees a 500-franc note under a sewer grate and tries to retrieve it.

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

The second short film Melvin Van Peebles made in San Francisco before decamping for Europe is a striking portrait of a group of day labourers...

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

A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema, hosted by film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles.

A black man steals to afford to marry the woman he loves. After being released from prison, he returns in time to see his daughter's wedding.

This twenty-two minute interview with Melvin Van Peebles has the cult filmmaker starting things off by lighting a cigar, which is something he has...