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DIRECTOR(s): Reginald Hudlin (House Party), Warrington Hudlin, Kevin Rodney Sullivan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
STARS: George Clinton (host), Robert Guillaume (They Still Call Me Bruce), Michael Lamar Richards (Top Dog), George Wallace (Batman Forever), Brock Peters (Soylent Green), Casey Kasem (Free Grass), Roxie Roker (The Jeffersons), Nicholas Turturro (NYPD Blue), Paula Jai Parker (Hustle and Flow), Chi McBride (The Frighteners)
SYNOPSIS: Fresh off the success of House Party and Boomerang the Hudlin Brothers directed this made-for-cable blaxploitation / sci-fi / comedy. It contains three 30 minute stories hosted by musician George Clinton:
Space Traders: An alien ship lands on Earth with an offer: They will give their advanced alien technology to the world in exchange for all the humans with a high level of melanin (i.e. black people). All black citizens will be taken on the alien mothership but it’s not clear where they’re going or what will happen to them. U.S. government man Robert Guillaume is the only black member of the U.S. president’s cabinet. Ultimately it comes down to a telethon style phone-in vote for the world to decide. One of the funnier moments is when a news report states that George Hamilton will be going on the spaceship as well.
The First Commandment: Nicholas Turturro stars as a humble priest working in a ghetto neighborhood and serving its congregation of black and Hispanic residents. The churchgoers are upset when a decision is made, by Turturro’s superiors, to donate the statue of a beloved saint to a museum. Not long after a “flesh and blood” version of the Saint appears to give comfort to the people.
Tang: A man and woman living in a tenement argue about money and their miserable lives. One day an anonymous package arrives in the mail. It’s a rifle with ammunition. A cryptic note tells them to “Learn Your Weapon and Wait for Instructions”.
These stories don’t necessarily have big plot twists at the end like The Twilight Zone—instead they feel more like Tales from The Crypt with an emphasis on black culture, race, politics, and a little weirdness.
Fullscreen / Color
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R
DIRECTOR(s): Reginald Hudlin (House Party), Warrington Hudlin, Kevin Rodney Sullivan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
STARS: George Clinton (host), Robert Guillaume (They Still Call Me Bruce), Michael Lamar Richards (Top Dog), George Wallace (Batman Forever), Brock Peters (Soylent Green), Casey Kasem (Free Grass), Roxie Roker (The Jeffersons), Nicholas Turturro (NYPD Blue), Paula Jai Parker (Hustle and Flow), Chi McBride (The Frighteners)
SYNOPSIS: Fresh off the success of House Party and Boomerang the Hudlin Brothers directed this made-for-cable blaxploitation / sci-fi / comedy. It contains three 30 minute stories hosted by musician George Clinton:
Space Traders: An alien ship lands on Earth with an offer: They will give their advanced alien technology to the world in exchange for all the humans with a high level of melanin (i.e. black people). All black citizens will be taken on the alien mothership but it’s not clear where they’re going or what will happen to them. U.S. government man Robert Guillaume is the only black member of the U.S. president’s cabinet. Ultimately it comes down to a telethon style phone-in vote for the world to decide. One of the funnier moments is when a news report states that George Hamilton will be going on the spaceship as well.
The First Commandment: Nicholas Turturro stars as a humble priest working in a ghetto neighborhood and serving its congregation of black and Hispanic residents. The churchgoers are upset when a decision is made, by Turturro’s superiors, to donate the statue of a beloved saint to a museum. Not long after a “flesh and blood” version of the Saint appears to give comfort to the people.
Tang: A man and woman living in a tenement argue about money and their miserable lives. One day an anonymous package arrives in the mail. It’s a rifle with ammunition. A cryptic note tells them to “Learn Your Weapon and Wait for Instructions”.
These stories don’t necessarily have big plot twists at the end like The Twilight Zone—instead they feel more like Tales from The Crypt with an emphasis on black culture, race, politics, and a little weirdness.
Fullscreen / Color
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R
