Mario Van Peebles Movies

A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.

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

An attorney leaves his high-priced firm to work for the less fortunate.

A documentary on Jaws: The Revenge (1987) that celebrates the films 40th Anniversary and its achieved fandom since its release.

Thrown into the face of death only to emerge unharmed, characters are left staring at their lives in the face with uncertainty and fear like they've...

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers...

In 1828 the town of Flat Ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for...

After a psychotic religious killer is captured and sentenced to death, he is instead recruited by the US government and trained to become a...

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

The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for...

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

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

Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned of a planned jewel heist; Beverly Ann visits a...

An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host's home.

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,...

Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was...

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

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

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...