Released by: Other Cinema Digital (http://www.othercinemadvd.com/)Release date: January 31st, 2006
Duration: 72 minutes
Video: 1.33:1 , colour and black/white
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 2.0, English
Subtitles: none
Region: 1 (NTSC)
Note from the distributor:
Oh yeah! Alternatively trashy and poignant – and sometimes just plain hard to believe these days – here’s an irresistible program of Black Cinema trailers that trace its evolution through its most crucial period, 1946-1976.Filled with insights on race and social dynamics, this fascinating compendium of Coming Attractions explores an extensive range of stylistic approaches – Blaxploitation, Comedy, Music Bio, Plantation Drama, and more – all smartly organized by genre, or viewable as one outrageous joyride through motion picture history. Beyond mere camp, these marvelously condensed gems crystallize a range of African-American identities and personalities, tracking the meteoric careers of Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, et al, through their bold performances in movies both hugely popular and practically forgotten.Be careful or you just might learn something.Trailers:
- The Harlem Globetrotters
- St. Louis Blues
- Edge of the City
- Defiant Ones
- A Raisin in the Sun
- A Patch of Blue
- They call Me Mister Tibbs!
- Cool Breeze
- The Last Safari
- Soul to Soul
- Sounder
- The Learning Tree
- Putney Swope: The Truth and Soul Movie
- Mandingo
- Boss Nigger
- Blackula
- Cleopatra Jones
- Foxy Brown
- Black Mama/White Mama
- Black Girl
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Sparkle
- The Great White Hope
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
- The Greatest
- Car Wash
- Norman... is that You?
- Cooley High
- A Piece of the Action
- Introductory Essay by Terri Francis (Yale U.)
- Short films: Christopher Harris’ “Reckless Eyeballing” and Roger Beebe’s “Famous Irish Americans”
- Upcoming Releases from Other Cinema DVD
When Afro Promo was released theatrically, it included a trailer for the banned Disney film Song of the South (1946). The trailer is not included on this DVD. Read a review of the theatrical version here, from Bright Lights Film Journal.
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