*Born of a revolutionary bloodline to activist filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles, you could say that Mario Van Peebles was born to make films that nudge our social consciousness and encourage us to answer ...
On August 21, director Mario Van Peebles joined IndieWire for a live edition of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. provided a beautiful 35mm print ...
We the Party, opening on April 6th, is an independent film directed and produced by Mario Van Peebles. If that sounds familiar, it's because over the past twenty years, Mario has written, directed, ...
Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89. In ...
Melvin Van Peebles, whose low-budget 1971 phenomenon, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” — an X-rated film about a Black revolutionary’s survival on the run — proved a milestone of independent and ...
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexus UPTOWN Honors Hollywood announces its 2026 honorees, celebrating Mario Van ...
The director joined IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit for a live event where he discussed his directorial debut following a 35mm screening. “It’s a trip to see it on the big screen again,” Van Peebles ...
Melvin Van Peebles, an icon of Black cinema, has passed away. He was 89. His family, The Criterion Collection, and Janus Films confirmed his passing in a statement. "In an unparalleled career ...
Influential director Melvin Van Peebles died on Tuesday night at home in Manhattan. The 89-year-old director was best known for his independent films Watermelon Man (1970) and Sweet Sweetback's ...