Mario Van Peebles Movies

An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.

The ultimate deep dive into the world of shark cinema: filmmakers, critics, scholars and conservationists explore the weird, wild cinematic legacy of...

Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a...

A gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys, hence they call...

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...

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

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

Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.

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...

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

Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet...

Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by deep-rooted anger caused by the...

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers...

An electronics store erupts into chaos as four young Vietnamese gunmen storm the premises, setting the stage for the largest hostage situation in US...

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

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...

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

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

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...

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