Frankie Dymon's Death May be Your Santa Claus (1969), arguably Britain's first and only example of a 'black power' movie, in which themes of sexual and political identity encircle one another in the context of a hip and hippy London of the late 1960s, suspended between the cinematic radicalisms of films such as Roeg's Performance, Godard's Sympathy for the Devil in which Dymon played a leading role, or Boorman's Leo the Last. Thought lost until quite recently, this inscrutably-titled film is described as a 'pop fantasy' and offers an intriguing look at 60s sex and politics from a black British perspective.
Title | Death May Be Your Santa Claus |
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Year | 1969 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | Stria Films, Space Films |
Cast | Ken Gajadhar, Donnah Dolce, Merdelle Jordine, Second Hand |
Crew | Frankie Dymon (Director), Second Hand (Music), Frankie Dymon (Writer), Christopher Wade (Editor), Bob Ferguson (Editor), Clive Tickner (Director of Photography) |
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Release | Aug 06, 1969 |
Runtime | 37 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 4.80 / 10 by 5 users |
Popularity | 1 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | English |