Those of you of the Star Wars generation missed a hell of a lot. One thing for sure is that you’ve never experienced the thrill of watching low-budget exploitation movies at the local neighborhood movie theater. Hard to imagine today, but there used to be a time when you could just walk a few blocks to a movie theater. (When I was growing there were five theaters all within a short walking distance)
No subject was too crass, lowdown and offensive enough, and no budget was too low enough to make an exploitation B movie. Somehow I missed The Black Klansman when it was released in 1966, but fortunately it’s just been released on DVD from Code Red Video.
The story deals with a light skinned black man played by white actor Richard Gilden (let me get this straight – a white guy plays a black guy passing for a white guy?...
No subject was too crass, lowdown and offensive enough, and no budget was too low enough to make an exploitation B movie. Somehow I missed The Black Klansman when it was released in 1966, but fortunately it’s just been released on DVD from Code Red Video.
The story deals with a light skinned black man played by white actor Richard Gilden (let me get this straight – a white guy plays a black guy passing for a white guy?...
- 12/17/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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