Melvin Van Peebles

Hoping to propose to his upper-crust girlfriend, Wade Walker crashes her family’s annual reunion and lands in a face-off with her dad.

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

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

When a psychotic Santa tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas classic “It’s ...

Drama about a young man who defies his parents by dropping out of college to pursue his dream of owning a fishing boat, following in the ...

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

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

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.