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Not to be confused with [[Film/Posse1975 the 1975 Kirk Douglas film of the same title]].
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''Posse'' is a 1993 American Western film directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles.

Featuring a large ensemble cast of mostly African-American actors, the film is about a posse of black soldiers led by Jessie Lee (Creator/VanPeebles) and one ostracized white soldier called Little J (Creator/StephenBaldwin), all of whom are betrayed by a corrupt colonel (Creator/BillyZane). The story starts with the group escaping with a cache of gold, and continues with Jesse Lee taking revenge on the men who killed his preacher father.

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''Posse'' is a 1993 American Western film directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles.Creator/MarioVanPeebles.

Featuring a large ensemble cast of mostly African-American actors, the film is about a posse of black soldiers led by Jessie Lee (Creator/VanPeebles) (Van Peebles) and one ostracized white soldier called Little J (Creator/StephenBaldwin), all of whom are betrayed by a corrupt colonel (Creator/BillyZane). The story starts with the group escaping with a cache of gold, and continues with Jesse Lee taking revenge on the men who killed his preacher father.
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The film is notable for being the first film released by Gramercy Pictures, who would later go on to shut down several years later after suffering from bomb after bomb after bomb, then revive in 2015, [[HistoryRepeats only to be shut down mere months later after the same things happened to the company]].
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Featuring a large ensemble cast of mostly African-American actors, the film is about a posse of black soldiers led by Jessie Lee (Van Peebles) and one ostracized white soldier called Little J (Stephen Baldwin), all of whom are betrayed by a corrupt colonel (Creator/BillyZane). The story starts with the group escaping with a cache of gold, and continues with Jesse Lee taking revenge on the men who killed his preacher father.

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Featuring a large ensemble cast of mostly African-American actors, the film is about a posse of black soldiers led by Jessie Lee (Van Peebles) (Creator/VanPeebles) and one ostracized white soldier called Little J (Stephen Baldwin), (Creator/StephenBaldwin), all of whom are betrayed by a corrupt colonel (Creator/BillyZane). The story starts with the group escaping with a cache of gold, and continues with Jesse Lee taking revenge on the men who killed his preacher father.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Even in 1898, a judge could not sentence a defendant to [[TradingBarsForStripes enlistment in the army for life]].

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