Melvin Van Peebles
6 titles
Filmography
6 results

American Swing
(2009)The Seventies were sexy and sleazy. At the epicenter of it all was Plato's Retreat, the controversial, first-ever swingers club. American Swing brings this enigmatic epic of excess to the screen for the first time.

Wattstax
(1973)Featuring highlights of a seven-hour concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1972, this amazing documentary celebrates a musical event, the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival.

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
(2005)Forty-five years after the release of “Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song,” Mario Van Peebles looks back at the illustrious career of his father.

True Identity
(1991)Concealing his true identity, a struggling actor hides from mobsters

The Shining
When a family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, they find there may be no escape in this haunting story of madness, memory, and violence.

Gang in Blue
(1996)A black police officer discovers a group of white supremacist police officers who have allowed their racism to turn them into murderous vigilantes.