Mario Van Peebles Movies

A documentary about the making of director Michael Mann's feature film "Ali".

After a psychotic religious killer is captured and sentenced to death, he is instead recruited by the US government and trained to become a...

When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.

As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs,...

CBS News looks at Malcolm X, focusing on his public life from 1959 to his assassination in 1965, suggesting that his death was a great loss to the...

An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host's home.

The story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer player of all time, for guidance.

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

Thrown into the face of death only to emerge unharmed, characters are left staring at their lives in the face with uncertainty and fear like they've...

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers...

A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied...

The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present and future—focusing on his...

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

The Delivery Boys, a New York squad of breakdancing young men who work for a local pizza place, enter a breakdance contest in the hopes of winning a...

A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.

Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned of a planned jewel heist; Beverly Ann visits a...

A sociology graduate student researches her doctoral thesis on female crime by interviewing street prostitutes. Shocked by her findings, she offers...

Profiling former Georgia running back Herschel Walker. The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner overcame teenage bouts with bullying for being overweight and...

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter,...