*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 ...

From Melvin’s “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” to Mario’s “New Jack City,” we knew filmmaking ran in the Van Peebles family. Now with “We the Party,” we meet the next generation. Along with a hefty ...

*Syfy has given a straight-to-series pickup to “Superstition,” a supernatural show from Mario Van Peebles’ newly launched production company MVPTV and XLrator Media, reports Variety. “Superstition” ...

TORONTO — Mario Van Peebles has just walked a mile in his father's shoes — no easy road to take when Dad's the godfather of black cinema and the unwitting sire of 1970s "blaxploitation" flicks, all ...

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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 ...