1094 - Watermelon Man (1970)

Random Acts of Cinema

English - February 19, 2024 18:08 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratings
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Indie director Melvin van Peebles’ one film for Columbia Pictures pointedly slams against the dictates and standards of studio filmmaking with his Godfrey Cambridge-starring vehicle about a white bigot who wakes up black and finds himself in a world that no longer tolerates his existence.

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If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Jacques Becker’s Casque d’Or (1952).