Mario Van Peebles Movies

Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet...

The ultimate deep dive into the world of shark cinema: filmmakers, critics, scholars and conservationists explore the weird, wild cinematic legacy of...

A man abducts the love of his life from her holiday-themed wedding in a desperate last attempt to win her back.

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a...

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song."...

In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.

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...

A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.

Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal...

In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, social media, fitting in, standing out, and finding...

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter,...

The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present and future—focusing on his...

Ricky Bell, an all-pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who died of a rare muscle disease in the prime of his career. The plot centers on...

A sociology graduate student researches her doctoral thesis on female crime by interviewing street prostitutes. Shocked by her findings, she offers...

A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.

Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by deep-rooted anger caused by the...

A cop, who is losing his sanity, lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of arson, robbery, and murder.

The Delivery Boys, a New York squad of breakdancing young men who work for a local pizza place, enter a breakdance contest in the hopes of winning a...