Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue

1974 ""

Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue

7.2 | 1h33m | en | Drama

A white cop apprehends, then murders, a Black purse thief in the street. A Black film student witnesses the murder and begins surveilling the cop in his everyday life. Based on the novel "Shoot It" by Paul Tyner; filmed in Kansas City.

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7.2 | 1h33m | en | Drama , Crime | More Info

Released: December. 06,1974 | Released Producted By: Shoot It Company , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Michael Moriarty , Eric Laneuville , Paul Sorvino

Director

Dennis McGuire

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Reviews

dandmcguire This is a rare and interesting film and sadly rarely seen. It has a great cast - Moriarty and Sorvino, and a great retro blaxploitation look. The script is highly literate as well. The story centers on a white cop who kills a black mugger in cold blood. He doesn't realize that the entire episode was filmed by a black film student. The student takes the opportunity to torment the cop - and indeed follows the cop and makes a documentary about him documenting his empty life.The filming of the shooting recalls the Rodney King incident, where a videographer filmed cops beating a black motorist. The black filmmaker reminds you a lot of Spike Lee. This film, like "Do the right thing" ends with blacks rising up in revenge - anticipating the reaction of blacks in the wake of the Rodney King trial.An interesting time capsule of the late 70's, and still very timely.PETRUK