Melvin Van Peebles Movies

  • 1976
    Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

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    Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South....

    Just an Old Sweet Song
  • 1972
    Don't Play Us Cheap

    Don't Play Us Cheap

    Don't Play Us Cheap

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    As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...

    Don't Play Us Cheap
  • 1987
    The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

    The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

    The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

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    A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for...

    The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
  • 2003
    The Real Deal: What It Is

    The Real Deal: What It Is

    The Real Deal: What It Is

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    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 Real Deal: What It Is
  • 1957
    Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick

    Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick

    Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick

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    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...

    Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick
  • 2008
    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

    6.52008HD

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

    Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
  • 2009
    Directors on Directing

    Directors on Directing

    Directors on Directing

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

    Directors on Directing
  • 1961
    500 Francs

    500 Francs

    500 Francs

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

    500 Francs
  • 2012
    Salty Dog Blues

    Salty Dog Blues

    Salty Dog Blues

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    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...

    Salty Dog Blues
  • 1988
    Taking Care of Terrific

    Taking Care of Terrific

    Taking Care of Terrific

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    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...

    Taking Care of Terrific
  • 1998
    Classified X

    Classified X

    Classified X

    4.51998HD

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

    Classified X
  • 2000
    René Vautier, le rebelle

    René Vautier, le rebelle

    René Vautier, le rebelle

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    René Vautier, le rebelle
  • 1957
    Sunlight

    Sunlight

    Sunlight

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    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.

    Sunlight
  • 2000
    Bellyful

    Bellyful

    Bellyful

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

    Bellyful
  • 1995
    Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom

    Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom

    Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom

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

    Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom