
August 21, 1932 · 93 years old
Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult fo…

Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.

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

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 ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

An orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.

In 1898 Cuba, five Buffalo Soldiers find a gold cache, desert and return to America where they help defend a black town from the KKK, all the while trying to avoid capture by lawmen and military authorities alike.

Based on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.

Jeff Gerber, a racist white man, wakes up one morning to discover that he has become black.

A dramatized account of the story of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense.

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

Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.

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

Two men embark on a music-steeped journey through the American South.

Chief, a former US Marshall, has fallen on hard times after he led his team on a raid that went horribly wrong. As he struggles to pick up the pieces, he soon learns that there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.

Feature-length documentary on renegade filmmaker, novelist, musician and theater impresario, Melvin Van Peebles.