Mario Van Peebles

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely ...

Ricky Bell, an all-pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who died of a rare muscle disease in the prime of his career. The plot centers ...

1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose ...

In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song: ...

An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal ...

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

The story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer player of all time, for guidance.

This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed ...

Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O’Malley ...

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin’s classic 1971 film, “Sweet Sweetback’s ...

A cop, who is losing his sanity, lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of arson, robbery, and murder.

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 ...

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.

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

In a crumbling Europe, powerful mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative arms trade.

Whitman is a psychotic religious killer who was caught by Inspector Morell a former seminarian, whose religious knowledge led to Whitman’s ...

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 ...

An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host’s home.

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

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader ...

After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus’s evil son.

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to ...

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an ...

Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito’s Way) and Sean Combs (Monster’s Ball) star in the ...

A former U.S. marshal discovers that all of the survivors of his old unit are experiencing the same symptoms simultaneously and there may be a ...

The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record ...

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

50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon’s world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis ...