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Coonskin was released on VHS by Academy Entertainment in late 1987, and later by Xenon Entertainment Group in the 1990s, both under the re-release title, Street Fight. The 1987 edition carried the disclaimer, "Warning: This film offends everybody!". In 2010, Shout!
Aug 20, 1975 · 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
Coonskin is a 1975 American live action/animated crime film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi, about an African American rabbit, fox, and bear who rise to the top of the organized crime racket in Harlem, encountering corrupt law enforcement, con artists, and the Mafia.
Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Coonskin R Released Sep 7, 1974 1h 22m Fantasy List Reviews 79% Audience Score 500+ Ratings An old-timer (Scatman Crothers) tells a fable of brothers Bear, Fox and Rabbit in Harlem.
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- Ralph Bakshi
- R
- Fantasy
Roger Ebert January 01, 1975. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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. Its title was originally intended to break through racial stereotypes by its bluntness, but now the ads say the hero and his pals ...
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A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia. — Alan Smithee, Sr.
