Mario Van Peebles
36 titles
Filmography
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South Bronx Heroes
(1985)Fresh out of prison, a young man crosses path with two on-the-run foster kids and helps them bring justice to their child pornographer caretakers.

Jaws: The Revenge
(1987)While on a trip to the Bahamas, a widow becomes convinced that the shark that killed her husband is now targeting her and her son.

Ali
(2001)The life story of heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali follows the champ's early days as Cassius Clay and his rise in sports and politics.

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
This miniseries explores the complicated 38-year-long relationship between President Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings.

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
(1971)A landmark of Black and American independent cinema that would send shock waves through the culture, Melvin Van Peebles’s revolutionary second feature film—made on Van Peebles’s own terms with the filmmaker acting as producer, director, writer, composer, editor, and star—created the prototype for what Hollywood would eventually co-opt and make into the blaxploitation hero.

Multiple Sarcasms
(2010)Set in 1979 New York City, an accomplished but unfulfilled architect lives out his midlife crisis by rewriting his life as a play.

Submerged
(2016)A young woman and her friends are targeted by a gang of ruthless kidnappers and have to fight to survive after their limo is run off the road and forced into a canal.

Heartbreak Ridge
(1986)Clint Eastwood stars as a stoic U.S. Marine Sergeant with a failed marriage whose tough love with his platoon becomes crucial when they go to war.

New Jack City
(1991)Two streetwise cops embark on the riskiest mission of their careers when they go undercover to bust a ruthless drug kingpin reigning over Harlem.

Mama Flora's Family
After being called upon to help her troubled granddaughter, a Southern black woman in her 70s looks back on a life filled with joy and heartbreak.

A Letter to Dad
(2009)When the scars of his parents’ divorce seem to be endangering his current relationship, Dan puts his feelings in a letter to his estranged father.

Christmas Rescue
(2023)BET+ ORIGINAL. A Christmas bride is abducted at the altar by her childhood sweetheart in a desperate attempt to win her back.

Mantervention
(2014)A man leans on his friend to turn him from a hopeless romantic into a confident player, but both soon discover unexpected lessons in love.

Run the Race
(2019)Unbelievable odds. Unbreakable bonds. An unforgettable story. RUN THE RACE is a feel-good sports drama that’ll make fans of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS laugh, cry and stand up and cheer

In the Line of Duty: Street War
(1992)After his partner is shot dead in a Brooklyn stairwell, a cop sets out to investigate and bring to justice the killer who took his friend.

Last Resort
(1986)When a failing salesman books a family vacation through a spurious travel company, they end up at a sleazy resort set in a banana republic war zone.