Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1957 • United States
Made in 1957 in San Francisco, SUNLIGHT is about a man who commits a petty crime out of love for a woman and features Melvin’s son Mario Van Peebles as the couple’s baby.
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1957 • United States
The second short film Melvin Van Peebles made in San Francisco before decamping for Europe is a striking portrait of a group of day laborers competing to secure a job.
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1961 • France
Made in 1961 in Paris, LES CINQ CENT BALLES is about a boy who tries to retrieve a five-hundred-franc note from a gutter.
Directed by Joe Angio • 2005 • United States
Starring Marva Allen, Emanuel Azenberg, Spike Lee
This 2005 documentary, directed by Joe Angio, traces Melvin Van Peebles’s filmmaking career from his feature directorial debut in France through his foray into the Hollywood mainstream to his revolutio...
