Mario Van Peebles
1) Armed
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Chief, a former US Marshall, has fallen on hard times after he led his team on a raid that went horribly wrong. As he struggles to pick up the pieces, he soon learns that there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
3) Ali
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Description
Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political...
5) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.