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But Black film continues
to explode through one genre after another with writer-director
Ralph Bakshi's Coonskin, a combination of live action and animation
that stars Barry White, actor-playwright Charles Gordone,
and Philip Michael Thomas, who would later star in Miami Vice
and coin the acronym EGOT. Starting with its assaultive title,
Bakshi's experiment packs in much commentary on race
and its cinematic treatment. From parodying Br'er Rabbit to sending up Krazy Kat. Night after night, Malcolm remains cool
to explode through one genre after another with writer-director
Ralph Bakshi's Coonskin, a combination of live action and animation
that stars Barry White, actor-playwright Charles Gordone,
and Philip Michael Thomas, who would later star in Miami Vice
and coin the acronym EGOT. Starting with its assaultive title,
Bakshi's experiment packs in much commentary on race
and its cinematic treatment. From parodying Br'er Rabbit to sending up Krazy Kat. Night after night, Malcolm remains cool
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But Black film continues
to explode through one genre after another
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with writer-director
Ralph Bakshi's Coonskin,
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a combination of live action and animation
that stars Barry White,
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actor-playwright Charles Gordone,
and Philip Michael Thomas,
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who would later star in Miami Vice
and coin the acronym EGOT.
00:00:18.475 --> 00:00:22.001
Starting with its assaultive title,
Bakshi's experiment packs in
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much commentary on race
and its cinematic treatment.
00:00:24.982 --> 00:00:26.901
From parodying Br'er Rabbit
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to sending up Krazy Kat.
00:00:28.652 --> 00:00:32.999
Night after night, Malcolm remains cool.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
