Melvin Van Peebles Movies

Wide eyed Marty O Neil (Lee Homes) takes to the road on a quest to give his life meaning. When his motorcycle breaks down outside an adult bookstore...

A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.

A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.

A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema, hosted by film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles.

14-year-old Enid Crowley hates her name and everything about her boring life. All this changes when she becomes a full-time babysitter to a sheltered...

A documentary looking at the making and legacy of The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973).

Turner, a black American soldier, is given three days leave in Paris. Not knowing what to do with himself, he goes to a nightclub where he meets a...

A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again

An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.

A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.

Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.

This twenty-two minute interview with Melvin Van Peebles has the cult filmmaker starting things off by lighting a cigar, which is something he has...

The second short film Melvin Van Peebles made in San Francisco before decamping for Europe is a striking portrait of a group of day labourers...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a...

A boy sees a 500-franc note under a sewer grate and tries to retrieve it.

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.