An era of its own. A time when American was in a transition from separatism to civil rights. The 70's was a Golden Age on so many levels and the influence echoes around the world in present day. Blaxploitation is considered in my opinion to be the coolest of cool. Touching on the most sensitive material in America at its time and exploiting them on the big screen or the vinyls in your record player produced for a glorified genre that nobody will ever be able to duplicate. Our mission at Blax-Pride is to educate those who are unfamiliar with this era and combine knowledge with those who are familiar.
Also you will notice Kung Fu movies on this site as well. What does this have to do with Blaxploitation? Well, the more action packed Blaxploitation films did not just street fight. Oh no.....they thought they were Kung Fu Masters. Chinese martial art movies gave a sense of invincibility to these actors. Seeing how cool it was to be a masterful fighter, why not just integrate this with Pimpin', Hustlin', Jive Talkin' and Pam Grier? Blax-Pride!!!
Starring:
- Barry White
- Scatman Crothers
- Charles Gordone
- Phillip Michael Thomas
IMDb.com
Hard to believe that this flick ever did get made. It doesn't take much for people to label this as racist material, It came out at a time when black folks were able to get revenge on cinema. Well, they accomplish it well here. Ralph Bakshi's half animated, half live-action flick is actually a memorable one. Though it benefits from the Uncle Remus Tales as was already mentioned, Coonskin does have its own original elements that it seems no one else would touch. Watch for the clever voice-overs which perfectly fit the characters. I would'nt recommend this movie for everyone, thats for sure. But for die-hard animation freaks, here's one for ya!
11 comments:
I love the opening song with Scatman Crothers.
Kinda makes You wish someone had a copy of the ost to shar don't Ya?
My girl and I have been trying to figure out the name of this movie for years now! We both saw it when we were young but could never come up with the name. Thanks so much for this gem! By the way, thanks so much for all the work you put into this blog! Its always a true pleasure to make a visit and see what you've done!!!
Sweeet! Ive been searching for this puppy for awhile now - thanks!
hi thanks for sharing this stuff...i have however a slight problem there is 2 part 7 and no part8 and my winrar wont unpack it is there a solution? thanks you once again surely apreciate your efforts..
Man, I won't be original saying that I was searching for that one for a LONG time and that your blog is a friggin' goldmine!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
After watching it i have to say i want the scatman single too!
By the way anyone notice the huge amount of similarity with characters that would end up in Wizards?
thanks again!
I remember seeing this movie at blockbuster 20 years ago on vhs, it was renamed Street Fight. And at the time I couldn't rent it because of my age, later on when I was 16 my pops let me watch it, and it was heavy. Later on now in my mid 2o's I watched it again and it's still heavy.
I had watch this film on a site called www.afro.org, and it became another Bakshi favorite; and I had heard it was renamed on VHS as "Street Fight;" of course I wonder if it is edited or is it the title that is edited?
does a soundtrack even exist for this movie? where is it availbale?
Word is a of yet the sdtrk is unreleased.
IMDB says Chico Hamilton did the sdtrk.
I'm sure it will finally be released, most likely by someone overseas [of US].
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