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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Off-Duty (1972)








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"A Black Man can't catch a cab in New York." Written by Anthony B. Major (Super Spook), Bill Jay stars in this silent short film of his trials and tribulations on trying to catch a cab in the Big Apple. He starts with just trying to signal one down, but when that fails he offers money to a passing by Marki Bey (Sugar Hill, The Landlord) to catch one for him. When that fails he dressed up in a variety of costumes to try and catch a cab. Music for the film is done by Rheet Taylor.

"Anthony B. Major wrote and directed the Award winning short "Off-Duty", segments for the NBC-TV syndicated That Teen Show and directed and produced, based on his original idea, the nationally and internationally distributed feature film, "SuperSpook", a parody on super heroes."

-Anthony B. Major's Home Page

Friday, January 6, 2017

Terminal Island (1973)


















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Four women convicted of first-degree murder are condemned to a government-designated dumping ground on San Bruno Island-where they will be free to do anything they want except to leave. But with no laws and killers all around, they will be forced to commit extreme acts of violence and deprave.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Stigma (1972)

















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A knowledgeable- doctor, Calvin Crosse (Philip Michael Thomas) moves to a secluded community and soon discovers a deadly virus affecting the young town's people. What is more disturbing, is the conspiracy to protect this epidemic when he tries to cure those infected.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

A Ton of Grass Goes To Pot [a.k.a. The Big Score] (1972)

















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When a group of friends plan to smuggle a ton of marijuana from Mexico to the US, they don't realize the size of the job ahead of them. It seems that the group has to contend with the crooked double crosser who sold the weed to them, the harsh environment of the Mexican desert, a group of black bikers who have laid claim to their load of weed, and the Mexican police who are hot on their tail.