The Final Comedown (1972)

Directed by

Oscar Williams

Genre

blaxploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Black nationalist group gets into a violent shootout with police. The story unfolds through flashbacks that show how they got to that point.

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What happens

The Final Comedown is a 1972 blaxploitation drama film written, produced and directed by Oscar Williams and starring Billy Dee Williams and D'Urville Martin. The film is an examination of racism in the United States and depicts a shootout between a radical black nationalist group and the police, with the backstory leading up to the shootout told through flashbacks. The radical group is not identified by name in the film but closely resembles the Black Panther Party. The film was recut and re-released in 1976 under the title Blast! The new version featured additional footage directed by Allan Arkush, credited under the pseudonym "Frank Arthur Wilson." The original version has had several releases on DVD from various budget-line DVD manufacturers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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