Melvin Van Peebles
Aithnichte airson: Acting
Co-là-breith: 1932-08-21
Àite breith: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Cuideachd aithnichte mar:
Identity Crisis
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
Saoradh : 1989.01.01Popularity : 3.556
Taking Care of Terrific
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 sheltered...
Saoradh : 1988.01.16Popularity : 1.014
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
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 ghetto community and...
Saoradh : 1971.03.31Popularity : 11.126
Fist of the North Star
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who...
Saoradh : 1995.04.22Popularity : 8.554
O.C. and Stiggs
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge...
Saoradh : 1987.07.10Popularity : 2.609
BaadAsssss Cinema
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...
Saoradh : 2002.08.14Popularity : 3.887
Peeples
The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at...
Saoradh : 2013.05.09Popularity : 6.19
Directors on Directing
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.
Saoradh : 2009.09.24Popularity : 2.152
True Identity
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Saoradh : 1991.08.23Popularity : 3.064
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
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...
Saoradh : 2022.03.16Popularity : 5.134
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
Saoradh : 2008.08.22Popularity : 1.268
Calm at Sunset
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 footsteps of...
Saoradh : 1996.12.01Popularity : 1.942
Gang in Blue
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Saoradh : 1996.09.08Popularity : 1.999
Hard Luck
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but...
Saoradh : 2007.10.17Popularity : 7.305
Watermelon Man
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is...
Saoradh : 1970.05.27Popularity : 4.581
The Black List: Volume Two
THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to...
Saoradh : 2009.02.26Popularity : 1.245
Blackout
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...
Saoradh : 2007.10.01Popularity : 4.302
SMUT
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...
Saoradh : 1970.01.01Popularity : 1.716
Unstoppable
An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.
Saoradh : 2005.02.13Popularity : 1.961
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
Saoradh : 1989.11.03Popularity : 2.97
Wattstax
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...
Saoradh : 1973.02.04Popularity : 2.1
Classified X
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema, hosted by film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles.
Saoradh : 1998.10.16Popularity : 0.83
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
Featuring Robert Crumb, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiny Tim, Russ Meyer and more this volume of the “Midnight Blue” collection focuses on...
Saoradh : 2006.01.31Popularity : 1.021
Panther
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...
Saoradh : 1995.05.03Popularity : 6.525
Riot
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal...
Saoradh : 1997.04.27Popularity : 1.982
Love Kills
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.
Saoradh : 1999.10.04Popularity : 2.901
American Swing
Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.
Saoradh : 2009.10.17Popularity : 7.894
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists...
Saoradh : 2011.04.01Popularity : 5.359
Jaws: The Revenge
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son,...
Saoradh : 1987.07.17Popularity : 25.505
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet...
Saoradh : 2005.04.07Popularity : 4.711
The Real Deal: What It Is
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...
Saoradh : 2003.01.14Popularity : 0.641
Terminal Velocity
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.
Saoradh : 1994.09.23Popularity : 6.454
Salty Dog Blues
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...
Saoradh : 2012.01.01Popularity : 0.998
Armed
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 larger...
Saoradh : 2018.09.14Popularity : 5.343
America
The zany crew of a New York cable TV station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon, bringing them worldwide attention.
Saoradh : 1986.10.01Popularity : 1.564
The Hebrew Hammer
When a psychotic Santa tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful...
Saoradh : 2003.01.23Popularity : 5.489
Sunlight
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.
Saoradh : 1957.01.01Popularity : 0.895
Posse
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 searches...
Saoradh : 1993.05.14Popularity : 8.081
Last Action Hero
Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack...
Saoradh : 1993.06.18Popularity : 18.713
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
A documentary looking at the making and legacy of The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973).
Saoradh : 2011.01.01Popularity : 2.25
Farewell, Babylon!
Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.
Saoradh : 1993.08.28Popularity : 1.138
Boomerang
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing...
Saoradh : 1992.06.30Popularity : 16.637
Redemption Road
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...
Saoradh : 2011.08.26Popularity : 3.47
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
Saoradh : 2021.07.10Popularity : 2.7