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...

CBS News looks at Malcolm X, focusing on his public life from 1959 to his assassination in 1965, suggesting that his death was a great loss to the...

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied...

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

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

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

In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his recently deceased...

At 10:20 pm, on a foggy December 25th in 1951, a bomb exploded under their small shotgun-style home on the outskirts of Mims, Florida - directly...

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...

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 young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from...

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

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,...

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

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

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

An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.

Bank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.

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

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...