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1989
Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis1.4 1989 HD
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1988
Taking Care of Terrific
Taking Care of Terrific0 1988 HD
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...
Genre: Family
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song5.2 1971 HD
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...
Genre: Action
Cast: Simon Chuckster
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1995
Fist of the North Star
Fist of the North Star4.303 1995 HD
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who...
Genre: Action
Cast: Gary Daniels
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1987
O.C. and Stiggs
O.C. and Stiggs4.7 1987 HD
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Daniel H. Jenkins
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2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
BaadAsssss Cinema6 2002 HD
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...
Genre: Action
Cast: Larry Cohen
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2013
Peeples
Peeples5.5 2013 HD
The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Craig Robinson
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2009
Directors on Directing
Directors on Directing0 2009 HD
A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Bill Duke
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1991
True Identity
True Identity5.6 1991 HD
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Lenny Henry
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2022
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood8 2022 HD
In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Sandra Nkake
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2008
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha6.5 2008 HD
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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1996
Calm at Sunset
Calm at Sunset6.5 1996 HD
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 footsteps of...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Michael Moriarty
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1996
Gang in Blue
Gang in Blue5 1996 HD
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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2000
René Vautier, le rebelle
René Vautier, le rebelle10 2000 HD
Genre: Documentary
Cast: René Vautier
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2007
Hard Luck
Hard Luck5.6 2007 HD
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but...
Genre: Crime
Cast: Wesley Snipes
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1970
Watermelon Man
Watermelon Man6.4 1970 HD
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge
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2009
The Black List: Volume Two
The Black List: Volume Two6 2009 HD
THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Angela Davis
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2007
Blackout
Blackout6.1 2007 HD
BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Jeffrey Wright
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1970
SMUT
SMUT0 1970 HD
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...
Genre:
Cast: Dixie Evans
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2005
Unstoppable
Unstoppable0 2005 HD
An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Ossie Davis
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1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Making 'Do the Right Thing'6.7 1989 HD
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Danny Aiello
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1973
Wattstax
Wattstax6.8 1973 HD
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...
Genre: Music
Cast: Richard Pryor
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1998
Classified X
Classified X4.5 1998 HD
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema, hosted by film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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2006
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition0 2006 HD
Featuring Robert Crumb, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiny Tim, Russ Meyer and more this volume of the “Midnight Blue” collection focuses on...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Al Goldstein
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1995
Panther
Panther6.216 1995 HD
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kadeem Hardison
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1997
Riot
Riot5.5 1997 HD
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Luke Perry
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1999
Love Kills
Love Kills2.5 1999 HD
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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2009
American Swing
American Swing5.1 2009 HD
Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Buck Henry
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2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-19757.6 2011 HD
Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Abiodun Oyewole
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1987
Jaws: The Revenge
Jaws: The Revenge4.061 1987 HD
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son,...
Genre: Adventure
Cast: Lorraine Gary
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2005
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)6 2005 HD
Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Marva Allen
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2003
The Real Deal: What It Is
The Real Deal: What It Is0 2003 HD
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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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1994
Terminal Velocity
Terminal Velocity5.328 1994 HD
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.
Genre: Action
Cast: Charlie Sheen
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2012
Salty Dog Blues
Salty Dog Blues0 2012 HD
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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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2018
Armed
Armed4.8 2018 HD
A former U.S. marshal discovers that all of the survivors of his old unit are experiencing the same symptoms simultaneously and there may be a larger...
Genre: Action
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1986
America
America4 1986 HD
The zany crew of a New York cable TV station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon, bringing them worldwide attention.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Zack Norman
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2003
The Hebrew Hammer
The Hebrew Hammer5.395 2003 HD
When a psychotic Santa tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful...
Genre: Action
Cast: Adam Goldberg
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1957
Sunlight
Sunlight0 1957 HD
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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1993
Posse
Posse5.356 1993 HD
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches...
Genre: Action
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1993
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero6.467 1993 HD
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is...
Genre: Adventure
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger
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2011
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door0 2011 HD
A documentary looking at the making and legacy of The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973).
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Sam Greenlee
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1993
Farewell, Babylon!
Farewell, Babylon!0 1993 HD
Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Spike Lee
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1992
Boomerang
Boomerang5.672 1992 HD
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Eddie Murphy
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2011
Redemption Road
Redemption Road4.8 2011 HD
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 deceased...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kiele Sanchez
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2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking5.5 2021 HD
A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Gian Luca Farinelli
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1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song5.2 1971 HD
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...
Genre: Action
Cast: Simon Chuckster
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1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song5.2 1971 HD
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...
Genre: Action
Cast: Simon Chuckster
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1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song5.2 1971 HD
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...
Genre: Action
Cast: Simon Chuckster
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1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song5.2 1971 HD
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...
Genre: Action
Cast: Simon Chuckster
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2004
Baadasssss!
Baadasssss!6.429 2004 HD
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song."...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1970
Watermelon Man
Watermelon Man6.4 1970 HD
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge
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1961
500 Francs
500 Francs0 1961 HD
A boy sees a 500-franc note under a sewer grate and tries to retrieve it.
Genre: Drama
Cast:
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1961
500 Francs
500 Francs0 1961 HD
A boy sees a 500-franc note under a sewer grate and tries to retrieve it.
Genre: Drama
Cast:
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1961
500 Francs
500 Francs0 1961 HD
A boy sees a 500-franc note under a sewer grate and tries to retrieve it.
Genre: Drama
Cast:
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2008
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha6.5 2008 HD
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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2008
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha6.5 2008 HD
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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1968
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
The Story of a Three-Day Pass6.2 1968 HD
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...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Harry Baird
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1995
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom3 1995 HD
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Richard Barboza
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1995
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom3 1995 HD
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Richard Barboza
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1996
Gang in Blue
Gang in Blue5 1996 HD
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1996
Gang in Blue
Gang in Blue5 1996 HD
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1968
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
The Story of a Three-Day Pass6.2 1968 HD
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...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Harry Baird
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1968
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
The Story of a Three-Day Pass6.2 1968 HD
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...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Harry Baird
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1977
Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning6.3 1977 HD
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
Genre: Action
Cast: Richard Pryor
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2003
The Real Deal: What It Is
The Real Deal: What It Is0 2003 HD
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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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2000
Bellyful
Bellyful0 2000 HD
Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Andréa Ferréol
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2000
Bellyful
Bellyful0 2000 HD
Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Andréa Ferréol
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1989
Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis1.4 1989 HD
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1989
Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis1.4 1989 HD
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
Don't Play Us Cheap5.8 1972 HD
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...
Genre: Romance
Cast: Esther Rolle
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1998
Classified X
Classified X4.5 1998 HD
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema, hosted by film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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1969
Slogan
Slogan5.8 1969 HD
Commercial director Serge Faberge is having an affair with Evelyne, the 18 year old fiancee of friend Hugh. His own pregnant wife Francoise usually...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg
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1995
Panther
Panther6.216 1995 HD
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kadeem Hardison
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1989
Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis1.4 1989 HD
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Mario Van Peebles
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2000
Bellyful
Bellyful0 2000 HD
Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Andréa Ferréol
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1977
Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning6.3 1977 HD
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
Genre: Action
Cast: Richard Pryor
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1970
Watermelon Man
Watermelon Man6.4 1970 HD
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge
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1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
Don't Play Us Cheap5.8 1972 HD
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...
Genre: Romance
Cast: Esther Rolle
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1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song5.2 1971 HD
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...
Genre: Action
Cast: Simon Chuckster
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1957
Sunlight
Sunlight0 1957 HD
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles
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1957
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick5 1957 HD
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...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Harold Warder
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1957
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick5 1957 HD
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...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Harold Warder
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1987
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book0 1987 HD
A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Jonathan Crombie
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1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
Just an Old Sweet Song0 1976 HD
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South....
Genre: Drama
Cast: Robert Hooks
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1995
Panther
Panther6.216 1995 HD
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kadeem Hardison
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1995
Panther
Panther6.216 1995 HD
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kadeem Hardison
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1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
Don't Play Us Cheap5.8 1972 HD
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...
Genre: Romance
Cast: Esther Rolle
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1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
Don't Play Us Cheap5.8 1972 HD
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...
Genre: Romance
Cast: Esther Rolle
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1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
Don't Play Us Cheap5.8 1972 HD
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...
Genre: Romance
Cast: Esther Rolle
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1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
Don't Play Us Cheap5.8 1972 HD
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...
Genre: Romance
Cast: Esther Rolle
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1995
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom3 1995 HD
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Richard Barboza
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1995
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom3 1995 HD
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Richard Barboza
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1995
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom3 1995 HD
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Richard Barboza
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1996
Tales of Erotica
Tales of Erotica4.1 1996 HD
A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Ken Russell
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1989
976-STUD
976-STUD0 1989 HD
Put your fingers in the holes and let them do the walking - right into the world of 976-STUD! New comers April West and Amanda Tyler head a cast of...
Genre:
Cast: Elise
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2000
Bellyful
Bellyful0 2000 HD
Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Andréa Ferréol
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