Melvin Van Peebles Movies

Turner, a black American soldier, is given three days leave in Paris. Not knowing what to do with himself, he goes to a nightclub where he meets a...

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...

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 deceased...

Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and...

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

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

The second short film Melvin Van Peebles made in San Francisco before decamping for Europe is a striking portrait of a group of day labourers...

A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.

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...

This twenty-two minute interview with Melvin Van Peebles has the cult filmmaker starting things off by lighting a cigar, which is something he has...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with 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 documentary looking at the making and legacy of The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973).

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

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