Gang in Blue
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Casts & Crew
Mario Van Peebles
Josh Brolin
Cynda Williams
J.T. Walsh
Stephen Lang
Sean McCann
Melvin Van Peebles
Zach Grenier
Bruce Smolanoff
William MacDonald
Peter Kosaka
Also Directed by Mario Van Peebles
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A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
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In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, Facebook, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves.
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Also Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
Maverick director Melvin Van Peebles translates his own satirical novel to the screen with this multi-national portrait of race, class, and hypocrisy. The film's title refers to the name of a haute cuisine restaurant run by a self-satisfied conservative couple, Henri and Loretta. When the two find themselves overworked in the kitchen, they retreat to the local orphanage to find some cheap waitressing help, and the teenaged Diamantine fits the bill perfectly. The haughty couple has more plans for the girl than just waiting tables, however -- the conspicuously accommodating Henri and Loretta are actually bad-mouthing the girl behind her back to the townspeople and the restaurant's patrons. They go so far as to ask the naive Diamantine to pretend that she's pregnant, and she complies under the assumption that it's a harmless prank. When their intentions are revealed, however, the girl becomes wise to the couple's self-satisfied scheming, and sets her sights on revenge.
A young boy receives a mystical motorcycle that transforms into a woman when he rides it at night.
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again
A black American soldier is demoted for fraternizing with a white girl in France.
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A black man steals to afford to marry the woman he loves. After being released from prison, he returns in time to see his daughter's wedding.
A portrait of a group of men hoping to be picked for day-labor jobs.
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
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