“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 ...

In fact, a worthy source to tap for guidance could be “New Jack City” director Mario Van Peebles, who had a diverse mind state in constructing his embodiment of a new type of cop to take down ...

Some recovered crack addicts have Mario Van Peebles to thank. The director of “New Jack City” says people tell him even years after the movie’s 1991 premiere that its visceral scenes put ...

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 ...

It’s hard for Generation Xers to believe that it’s been 30 years since direector Mario Van Peebles made the era-defining, culture-shifting film New Jack City. While the classic turned ...

Hard to believe, but it's been 15 years since "New Jack City" hit the movie theaters. Mario Van Peebles' hip-hop melodrama turned Wesley Snipes and rapper-turned-actor Ice-T into movie stars.

Clocking in at five minutes and 40 seconds, the video is inspired by the classic 1991 film New Jack City, which starred Wesley Snipes, Mario Van Peebles, Ice-T, Chris Rock, and more. Directed by ...

But not until Ice-T appeared in “New Jack City” had an MC ever taken ... lord played by Wesley Snipes — and directed by Mario Van Peebles, whose father, Melvin, helped set off the ...

Was that line originally in the script, or was it a ‘New Jack City’ Easter egg that was improvised on set? Mario Van Peebles: Totally. No one's gotten that yet, but there's a lot of things ...

Cooper made his feature screenwriting debut with Mario Van Peebles' "New Jack City," which he co-wrote with Thomas Lee Wright. The film starred Wesley Snipes and Ice-T as a gang leader and a ...

On March 8, 1991, Mario Van Peebles’ feature directorial debut “New Jack City” premiered at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood. On Saturday, a little more than 30 years later, Van Peebles ...