Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

August 21, 1932 · 94 years old

Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult fo…

Known For

22 titles
1
Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws: The Revenge

1987 · 1h 29m · Movie

Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.

3.0
2
Terminal Velocity

Terminal Velocity

1994 · 1h 42m · Movie

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.

5.5
3
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

1971 · 1h 37m · Movie

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 some disillusioned Hells Angels.

5.5
4
Peeples

Peeples

2013 · 1h 35m · Movie

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

5.4
5
The Hebrew Hammer

The Hebrew Hammer

2003 · 1h 25m · Movie

An orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.

6.1
6
Posse

Posse

1993 · 1h 51m · Movie

In 1898 Cuba, five Buffalo Soldiers find a gold cache, desert and return to America where they help defend a black town from the KKK, all the while trying to avoid capture by lawmen and military authorities alike.

5.5
7
Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star

1995 · 1h 43m · Movie

Based on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.

3.9
8
Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man

1970 · 1h 40m · Movie

Jeff Gerber, a racist white man, wakes up one morning to discover that he has become black.

6.7
9
Panther

Panther

1995 · 2h 4m · Movie

A dramatized account of the story of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense.

6.4
10
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

2011 · 1h 40m · Movie

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

7.6
11
True Identity

True Identity

1991 · 1h 33m · Movie

In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

5.1
12
Wattstax

Wattstax

1973 · 1h 43m · Movie

Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.

7.6
13
American Swing

American Swing

2009 · 1h 21m · Movie

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

6.2
14
The Story of a Three Day Pass

The Story of a Three Day Pass

1968 · 1h 27m · Movie

A black American soldier is demoted for fraternizing with a white girl in France.

7.2
15
Redemption Road

Redemption Road

2011 · 1h 35m · Movie

Two men embark on a music-steeped journey through the American South.

5.6
16
Gang in Blue

Gang in Blue

1996 · 1h 37m · Movie

Black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.

5.6
17
Armed

Armed

2018 · 1h 58m · Movie

Chief, a former US Marshall, has fallen on hard times after he led his team on a raid that went horribly wrong. As he struggles to pick up the pieces, he soon learns that there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.

3.5
18
Riot

Riot

1997 · 1h 35m · Movie

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories. In Gold Mountain, Jeff Lee and his parents run Good Neighbor Liquor in...

6.2
19
Don't Play Us Cheap

Don't Play Us Cheap

1973 · 1h 39m · Movie

As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two imps take human form in order to break up the party.

5.7
20
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

2005 · 1h 25m · Movie

Feature-length documentary on renegade filmmaker, novelist, musician and theater impresario, Melvin Van Peebles.

7.1
21
Calm at Sunset

Calm at Sunset

1996 · 1h 45m · Movie

The struggle between a father and son at odds over the youth's career choice.

6.2
22
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero

2022 · 53m · Movie

In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles, an independent filmmaker far ahead of his time, released a mind-blowing piece of avant-garde cinema - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. It broke all the rules, inventing its own grammar and proclaimin...

7.5