2011 · 57 min · dokumentalny

Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door

Opis filmu

Opis oryginalny: angielski

Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door is an independent documentary on the controversial and FBI repressed 1973 black film The Spook Who Sat By the Door. The Spook Who Sat by The Door is widely hailed as a cult classic and one of the most important underground black productions of the era. Based on Sam Greenlee's 1969 novel, a political satire and semi autobiography, the book imagined a world not very far from reality, in which integration would often occur due to the desire of organizations to appear politically correct, and not because of the belief in African American capability. In the narrative, political race baiting allows a black man to be begrudgingly trained as a CIA agent. This politicized but underground "Spook" would then use the white perception of black simplicity and inadequacy to turn the tables on the establishment and challenge the oppressive forces in his community

Reżyseria i główne role

Reżyseria: Christine Acham, Clifford Ward

Główne role: Sam Greenlee jako Sam Greenlee, Berlie Dixon jako Berlie Dixon, Todd Boyd jako Todd Boyd, Paul Butler jako Paul Butler, Mel Clay jako Self - Screenwriter, 'Spook Who Sat by the Door'), Melvin Clay jako Self - Screenwriter, 'Spook Who Sat by the Door')

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