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Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (1974)
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A young black student accidentally films a crooked cop committing a murder. He then follows the cop around, filming more of his illegal activities. | add synopsis
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A Blaxploitation film that Saw the Future
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Moriarty | ... | Herbert G. Rucker |
| Eric Laneuville | ... | Lamont |
 | Paul Sorvino | ... | Ring |
| Earl Hindman | ... | Garrity |
| Linda Scruggs | ... | Stacy |
| Bruce Kornbluth | ... | Buddy |
| Anthony Charnota | ... | Sal |
| Fred Burrell | ... | Teacher |
| Lynda Wescott | ... | Hattie |
| Val Pringle | ... | Wardell |
| Buck Buchanan | ... | Mark S. Johnson |
| George DiCenzo | ... | George |
| Molly McGreevy | ... | Salesgirl |
 | Michael Shannon | ... | Purcell |
| Joella Deffenbaugh | ... | Brenda |
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This is a rare and interesting film and sadly rarely seen. It has a great cast - Moriarty and Sorvino, and a great retro blaxploitation look. The script is highly literate as well. The story centers on a white cop who kills a black mugger in cold blood. He doesn't realize that the entire episode was filmed by a black film student. The student takes the opportunity to torment the cop - and indeed follows the cop and makes a documentary about him documenting his empty life.
The filming of the shooting recalls the Rodney King incident, where a videographer filmed cops beating a black motorist. The black filmmaker reminds you a lot of Spike Lee. This film, like "Do the right thing" ends with blacks rising up in revenge - anticipating the reaction of blacks in the wake of the Rodney King trial.
An interesting time capsule of the late 70's, and still very timely.
PETRUK