Black Jesus     Futz      Tamango
   The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus

Black Jesus Woody Strode 1971 - Color - 90 minutes Based on real-life incidents in the Congo, "Black Jesus" chronicles the downfall of an African leader of a national independence movement. Woody Strode plays Black Jesus, a man betrayed by one of his followers and unwittingly martyred by the men in power. Under a cruel interrogation, you watch the life begin to drain out of Strode--his face ravaged with pain--his eyes reflecting the horrors of the times. Long after the violence of the film is forgotten, you will remember the look in Strode’s eyes. "Black Jesus has the impact of ‘Z.’ Strode should get the Academy Award."-- ABC-TV
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Futz The Cafe La Mama Troupe 1969 - Color - 92 minutes Tim O’Horgan--the director of the original Broadway version of "Hair"--cut his metaphorical teeth on bringing "Futz" to the screen. The plot includes pyromania, sex, murder, incest, and transvestitism, not necessarily in that order. In short, it’s about one man’s love for his pig. A Greek chorus straight out of "Tobacco Road" salutes a final blood-slashed scene that makes Steven King’s "Carrie" look like a TV ad for the American Dairy Association and will leave you wondering if it’s possible to cram any more outlandish behavior in ninety-two minutes of film.
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Tamango Dorothy Dandridge, Curt Jurgens 1959 - Color -  98 minutes This action adventure on the high seas stars Curt Jurgens (Reinker) as the evil captain of a slave ship, and Dorothy Dandridge as his willing mistress, Aiche. When the slaves revolt, and take Aiche hostage, Reinker is forced to choose between saving her or quashing the rebellion and possibly sacrificing his lover. Critics claimed the picture would never be shown due to its depiction of interracial love, especially controversial in the turbulent Civil Rights period of the late 1950's, and the French government actually banned the film deeming the love scenes "too suggestive." TAMANGO is a fascinating comment on our changing times with a perfectly casting of Dandridge as the tragic heroine. "Way ahead of its time, and ripe for rediscovery."-- 1998 Movie & Video Guide
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The Wacky World of Doctor Morgus Sid Noel, Dan Barton 1962 - B/W - 87 minutes Filmed in the back alleys and tacky cafes of New Orleans--when the Beat Generation reined supreme--here's a movie with both something to behold and an exercise that takes the term "tongue in cheek" to new levels. Meet Doctor Morgus and his sidekick Chopsely (an Igor-type in a black executioner’s hood), plus Zelda (the good doctors comatose girlfriend), and join them as a fiendish plot unfolds. Be amazed as the evil ruler of Microvania plans to use one of the Doctor’s inventions (an "instant people machine" that turns living beings into sand) for a takeover of the United States. Enter ace reporter Pencils McCane to foil the dastardly plot. The climax at the ribbon cutting of a new highway, is just the final icing on a cake of humor that leaves "Plan 9 from Outer Space" stuck at the starting gate.
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