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Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles is an actor, director, producer, and writer. He is known for his work in films such as "New Jack City," "Posse," and "Ali." He has also directed and produced numerous television shows, including "Sons of Anarchy" and "Empire." Van Peebles is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles.

Titles credited to Mario Van Peebles

Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an un...

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Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 6.8

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

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Ali

Ali

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 6.7

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with...

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New Jack City

New Jack City

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1991 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

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Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 6.4

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 of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the...

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The Hebrew Hammer

The Hebrew Hammer

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 6.1

A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus's evil son.

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Riot

Riot

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.1

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.

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Run the Race

Run the Race

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 5.9

Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town....

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In the Line of Duty: Street War

In the Line of Duty: Street War

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 5.7

In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the dead cop's partner, who is also the brother of the...

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Posse

Posse

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 5.5

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 for the men who lynched his father.

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