“[Melvin Van Peebles] made the most of every second, of EVERY single damn frame.”
—Barry Jenkins

Presented in tribute to the late Melvin Van Peebles, this is his groundbreaking independent film, which he produced, wrote and directed himself after his experience with Hollywood studios proved unsatisfying. It depicts a Black man on the run from police and in the process tells a number of inconvenient truths about race in America. Along the way, Van Peebles uses filming and editing techniques that still feel radical today