Melvin Van Peebles Movies

  • 1989
    Identity Crisis

    Identity Crisis

    Identity Crisis

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

    Identity Crisis
  • 1988
    Taking Care of Terrific

    Taking Care of Terrific

    Taking Care of Terrific

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    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...

    Taking Care of Terrific
  • 1971
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

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    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 s...

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
  • 1995
    Fist of the North Star

    Fist of the North Star

    Fist of the North Star

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    From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who...

    Fist of the North Star
  • 1987
    O.C. and Stiggs

    O.C. and Stiggs

    O.C. and Stiggs

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

    O.C. and Stiggs
  • 2002
    BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

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    With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than...

    BaadAsssss Cinema
  • 2013
    Peeples

    Peeples

    Peeples

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    The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at their...

    Peeples
  • 2009
    Directors on Directing

    Directors on Directing

    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.

    Directors on Directing
  • 1991
    True Identity

    True Identity

    True Identity

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    In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

    True Identity
  • 2022
    Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

    Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

    Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

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    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 of...

    Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
  • 2008
    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

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

    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
  • 1996
    Calm at Sunset

    Calm at Sunset

    Calm at Sunset

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    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...

    Calm at Sunset
  • 1996
    Gang in Blue

    Gang in Blue

    Gang in Blue

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

    Gang in Blue
  • 2000
    René Vautier, le rebelle

    René Vautier, le rebelle

    René Vautier, le rebelle

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    René Vautier, le rebelle
  • 2007
    Hard Luck

    Hard Luck

    Hard Luck

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    Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but come...

    Hard Luck
  • 1970
    Watermelon Man

    Watermelon Man

    Watermelon Man

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    A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is...

    Watermelon Man
  • 2009
    The Black List: Volume Two

    The Black List: Volume Two

    The Black List: Volume Two

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

    The Black List: Volume Two
  • 2007
    Blackout

    Blackout

    Blackout

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    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 m...

    Blackout
  • 2024
    SMUT

    SMUT

    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 i...

    SMUT
  • 2005
    Unstoppable

    Unstoppable

    Unstoppable

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    An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.

    Unstoppable