Melvin Van Peebles Filmes

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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.

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

A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.

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