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  1. Feb 11, 2012 · A 1973 Revolutionary Black Film Based On The Novel Of The Same Name By Sam Greenlee.

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    • TheOriginator100
  2. Upscaled to 4K using TopazLabs' VideoEnhanceAI.Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, ...

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    • Joseph Redman
  3. Jan 23, 2013 · The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a 1973 film based on the novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee. It is both a satire of the civil rights struggle in the Uni...

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    • All Eyes On Media
  4. The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Directed by Ivan Dixon. With Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston. A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.

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    • Action, Drama, Crime
    • Ivan Dixon
    • 1981-12-23
  5. Aug 20, 2022 · Overlooked at the time in the midst of the blaxploitation cycle, Ivan Dixon's film challenges both the genre conventions and political status quo of American cinema. A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.

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    • swissmiss9
  6. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped ...

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  8. Adapted by Sam Greenlee from his autobiographical fantasia about a token black CIA operative turned liberation leader, The Spook Who Sat by the Door might long have been recognised as one of the great African-American calls to arms – had it not been suppressed by the FBI, says David Somerset.

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