Darius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist.
He is the author of ''That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury)'',
an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the
blaxploitation
Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s. The term, a portmanteau of the words "black" and "exploitation", was coined in August 1972 by Junius Griffin, the president o ...
film genre, and ''
Negrophobia: An Urban Parable'', a satirical novel written in screenplay form.
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His work is influenced by the ]Voodoo
Voodoo may refer to:
Religions
* African or West African Vodun, practiced by Gbe-speaking ethnic groups
* African diaspora religions, a list of related religions sometimes called Vodou/Voodoo
** Candomblé Jejé, also known as Brazilian Vodu ...
religion. James lives in Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant". The population was 61,169 at the 2020 census.
History
The peaceful tribe of Quinnipiacs were the first residents of the ...
.
He appeared in the 2006 film ''Black Deutschland
''Black Deutschland'' is a made-for-television documentary film, directed by Oliver Hardt and produced by de-Arte. The documentary is filmed in different cities in Germany and features people from all across the black diaspora who reside in Germ ...
''. He co-wrote and appeared in a feature-length film released in 2013, ''The United States of Hoodoo''.Hoodoo.stokedfilm.com
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Books
* ''That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All'Whyte Jury)''
* ''Negrophobia: An Urban Parable''
* ''Voodoo Stew'' (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2004
* ''Froggie Chocolate's Christmas Eve / Froggie Chocolates Weihnachtsabend'' (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2005
See also
*Closet screenplay
Related to closet drama, a closet screenplay is a screenplay intended not to be produced/performed but instead to be read by a solitary reader or, sometimes, out loud in a small group.
While any published, or simply read, screenplay might reason ...
References
External links
*
Darius James "Super-Thug" History Lesson
1954 births
Living people
African-American novelists
American male novelists
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
American male non-fiction writers
20th-century African-American writers
21st-century African-American people
African-American male writers
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