Melvin Van Peebles Movies

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 the making of a…

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.

A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.

The struggle between a father and son at odds over the youths career choice. The 18 years old James Pfeiffer quits college and decides to become a fisherman like his…

A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.

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 man to…

Filmmaker Isaac Julien uses film clips and interviews to illustrate the history of the so-called “blaxploitation” genre.

Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, produced, edited, composed and starred in this powerful and inflammatory attack on White America. After the body of a black man is discovered, Sweetback helps…