Welcome Home Brother Charles (also known as Soul Vengeance) is a 1975 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka.[3][4] The film stars Marlo Monte as a wrongfully imprisoned man who seeks vengeance upon his transgressors using his prehensile penis. The film, which was shot on weekends over the course of seven months, was completed while Fanaka was a student of UCLA Film School.[4][5]
| Welcome Home Brother Charles | |
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| Directed by | Jamaa Fanaka |
| Written by | Jamaa Fanaka |
| Produced by | Jamaa Fanaka |
| Starring | Marlo Monte Reatha Grey Stan Kamber |
| Cinematography | James Babij |
| Distributed by | Crown International Pictures[1][2] |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- Marlo Monte as Charles Murray
- Reatha Grey as Carmen
- Stan Kamber as Jim
- Tiffany Peters as Christina Freeman
- Ben Bigelow as Harry Freeman
- Jake Carter as N.D.
- Jackie Ziegler as Twyla
- Ed Sander as Judge
- Teri Hayden as Judge's Wife
- Stephen Schenck as The Prosecutor
- Kamala James as Prosecutor's Wife
Home media
editIn 2018, the film was restored in 2K and released on DVD and Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome as a double feature with the film Emma Mae.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Barnes, Mike (January 4, 2018). "Mark Tenser, President and CEO of Crown International Pictures, Dies". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ Field 2015, p. 127.
- ^ "R.I.P. Jamaa Fanaka". Deadline Hollywood. April 14, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ a b Corson, Keith (2016). Trying to Get Over: African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986. University of Texas Press. pp. 121–122. ISBN 978-1477309070.
- ^ Field 2015, p. 126.
- ^ "Welcome Home Brother Charles / Emma Mae – Vinegar Syndrome". Vinegar Syndrome. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ^ Hemphill, Jim (June 29, 2018). "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the Films of Jamaa Fanaka and Personal Problems: Jim Hemphill's Weekend Blu-ray Picks". Filmmaker. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
Bibliography
edit- Field, Allyson (2015). L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520284685.