Direction: Melvin Van Peebles

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

Cast Simon Chuckster · Melvin Van Peebles · Hubert Scales · John Dullaghan

Plot The film tells the story of Sweetback (Van Peebles), an apolitical black sex performer who becomes a reluctant picaresque hero when he kills the two white policemen who brutalized a...

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

Plot 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.

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

Cast Harry Baird · Nicole Berger · Pierre Doris · Christian Marin

Plot A black American soldier is demoted for fraternizing with a white girl in France.

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

Cast Godfrey Cambridge · Estelle Parsons · Howard Caine · D'Urville Martin

Plot Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people...

Direction Mario Van Peebles · Melvin Van Peebles

Cast Mario Van Peebles · Josh Brolin · Cynda Williams · J.T. Walsh

Plot Black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

Plot A portrait of a group of men hoping to be picked for day-labor jobs.

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

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

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

Cast Mario Van Peebles · Glenn Athaide · Rick Aviles · Richard Bassett

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

Direction Bob Rafelson · Ken Russell · Susan Seidelman · Melvin Van Peebles

Cast Sharon Angela · Richard Barboza · Hetty Baynes · Charles Gerbel

Plot A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.

Direction Melvin Van Peebles

Cast Thomas Anderson · Jay Van Leer · Robert Dunn · Mabel King

Plot Film version of Melvin Van Peebles' Broadway musical. A pair of devil-bats take human form and crash a Harlem house party in an attempt to break it up. But somehow,...