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Coonskin is a 1975 American live-action/animated satirical crime film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film references the Uncle Remus folk tales, and satirizes the blaxploitation film genre as well as Disney's film Song of the South, adapted from the Uncle Remus folk tales. [1] .
Coonskin: Directed by Ralph Bakshi. With Barry White, Charles Gordone, Scatman Crothers, Philip Michael Thomas. Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.
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- Animation, Action, Comedy
- Ralph Bakshi
- 1975-08-20
A coonskin cap is a hat fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon. The headwear became associated with European Americans occupying lands on the United States borders with Indigenous nations in the late 18th century and the first half of the 19th century.
Coonskin. Action. 100 minutes ‧ 1975. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1975. 3 min read. Ralph Bakshi’s “Coonskin” is said by its director to be about blacks and for whites, and by its ads to be for blacks and against whites.
Synopsis. In the South, Sampson (Barry White) and the local Preacherman (Charles Gordone) plan to bust out their friend Randy (Philip Michael Thomas) from prison. As they rush to the prison, the two are stopped by a roadblock and wind up in a shootout with the police.
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The film follows two narratives of three black brothers, recited by a live action cast of the same nature as the animated characters- Brother Rabbit, Bear, and Reverend Fox. Hustlers at heart, the three flee their hometown to find money in Harlem, “home to every black man.”
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