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“New Jack City” director Mario Van Peebles with Dr. Keith Harris and Dr. Felice Blake at the American Cinematheque screening and Q&A. Reuben van Hoeve for the American Cinematheque Beyond Van ...
Few people pay $1 million for therapy in their lifetime. Mario Van Peebles spent that in one fell swoop while making his film “Baadasssss!,” an affectionate but unsentimental portrait of his ...
Larry Mantle talks with Mario and Melvin Van Peebles. Melvin Van Peebles, father of Mario, was the man behind the groundbreaking 1971 independent film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song.” ...
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 ...
A quarter of a century later, Melvin’s son Mario Van Peebles was forced to make the same choice when he was looking for an actor to play his father in “Baadasssss” – a movie he was ...
The Cast of Superstition- Photo Credit Jonell Whitt via Steed Media Friday night, October 20, was a perfect time to air the new Mario Van Peebles-created SyFy series “Superstition.” ...
As part of the 2023 Tribeca Festival, director Mario Van Peebles opened up about his directorial debut, 1991’s “New Jack City,” alongside Fab 5 Freddy, Vanessa Williams and Michael Michele ...
Pamela Anderson’s ex Mario Van Peebles is “happy” for her amid the success from her Netflix documentary and new memoir. “I’m happy to see Pamela win on her own terms, Van Peebles ...
Mario Van Peebles leads a star-packed cast in Outlaw Posse. Flanked by his son Mandela Van Peebles, who co-stars in the film along with Whoopi Goldberg, Cedric The Entertainer, and more ...