Monday, January 30, 2017

Hollywood & Race: 'Coonskin'


Ralph Bakshi, the adult animation titan behind the Fritz The Cat films, brought this animated crime drama to screens to a lot of controversy back in 1975.

A satire of mob films, racist stereotypes, and Songs of The South, Coonskin not only challenged what we could and should expect from animation, its bold and brazen depiction of race relations in America (the country is here represented by a blonde woman who seduces and kills African-American men) is unlike anything you’ve ever seen this generation or otherwise. 

Source: indiewire.com

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