Melvin Van Peebles Movies
- 1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
Just an Old Sweet Song01976HD
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....
- 1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
Don't Play Us Cheap5.81972HD
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...
- 1987
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book01987HD
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...
- 2003
The Real Deal: What It Is
The Real Deal: What It Is02003HD
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...
- 1957
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick51957HD
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...
- 2008
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha6.52008HD
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
- 2009
Directors on Directing
Directors on Directing02009HD
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.
- 1961
500 Francs
500 Francs01961HD
A boy sees a 500-franc note under a sewer grate and tries to retrieve it.
- 2012
Salty Dog Blues
Salty Dog Blues02012HD
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...
- 1988
Taking Care of Terrific
Taking Care of Terrific01988HD
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...
- 1998
Classified X
Classified X4.51998HD
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema, hosted by film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles.
- 2000
René Vautier, le rebelle
René Vautier, le rebelle102000HD
- 1957
Sunlight
Sunlight01957HD
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.
- 2000
Bellyful
Bellyful02000HD
Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and...
- 1995
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom31995HD
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.