Coonskin

IMDb link: 0071361
IMDb rating: 6.4 (4,342 votes)
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Animation
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Cast: Scatman Crothers, Barry White, Charles Gordone, Philip Michael Thomas and others

Release date: 20 Aug 1975
Release year: 1974
Runtime: 100 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: blaxploitation, part animated, psychedelic image, grindhouse film, murder of a police officer, psychotronic film, black nationalism, absurd comedy, satirical, singing

Plot:

A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.

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