Melvin Van Peebles
Peeples (2013)
Peeples is a 2013 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism. It stars Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington and was released by Lionsgate on May 10, 2013. Despite being billed as a Tyler Perry film, it is the only movie that he has produced but did not write or direct.
Starring: Diahann Carroll•S. Epatha Merkerson•Craig Robinson•Bill Cosby•Melvin Van Peebles•John Amos•Saul Rubinek•David Alan Grier•Mario Van Peebles•Vincent Schiavelli
Baadasssss! (2004)
Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biographical drama film, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is based on the struggles of Van Peebles' father Melvin Van Peebles, as he attempts to film and distribute Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a film that was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable African-Am...
Starring: Paul Rodriguez•Nia Long•Kerry Washington•S. Epatha Merkerson•Ana Gasteyer•Craig Robinson•Malcolm Barrett•Kali Hawk•Tyler Williams•John Amos
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American blaxploitation film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles. His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy. The film tells the picaresque story of a poor black man fleeing from the white police authori...
Starring: S. Epatha Merkerson•Nia Long