Melvin Van Peebles

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 follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family’s annual ...

In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his recently ...

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

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato’s Retreat.

A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.

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 ...

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

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

When a psychotic Santa tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas classic “It’s ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Satchmo. There are few people in this country – or around the world – who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied ...

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

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 ...