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1975 American film
Welcome Home Brother Charles
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Jamaa Fanaka Written by Jamaa Fanaka Produced by Jamaa Fanaka Starring Marlo Monte Reatha Grey Stan Kamber Cinematography James Babij Distributed by
Crown International Pictures
[1] Release date
Running time
91 minutes Country United States Language English
Welcome Home Brother Charles (also known as Soul Vengeance ) is a 1975 American
blaxploitation film written and directed by
Jamaa Fanaka .
[3]
[4] The film stars Marlo Monte as a wrongfully imprisoned man who seeks vengeance upon his transgressors using his prehensile penis. The film, which was shot on weekends over the course of seven months, was completed while Fanaka was a student of
UCLA Film School .
[4]
Cast
Marlo Monte as Charles Murray
Reatha Grey as Carmen
Stan Kamber as Jim
Tiffany Peters as Christina Freeman
Ben Bigelow as Harry Freeman
Jake Carter as N.D.
Jackie Ziegler as Twyla
Ed Sander as Judge
Teri Hayden as Judge's Wife
Stephen Schenck as The Prosecutor
Kamala James as Prosecutor's Wife
Home media
In 2018, the film was restored in
2K and released on
DVD and
Blu-ray by
Vinegar Syndrome as a
double feature with the film
Emma Mae .
[6]
[7]
References
^ Barnes, Mike (January 4, 2018).
"Mark Tenser, President and CEO of Crown International Pictures, Dies" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 21, 2020 .
^
"R.I.P. Jamaa Fanaka" .
Deadline Hollywood . April 14, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2020 .
^
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b Corson, Keith (2016). Trying to Get Over: African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986 .
University of Texas Press . pp. 121–122.
ISBN
978-1477309070 .
^
"Welcome Home Brother Charles / Emma Mae – Vinegar Syndrome" .
Vinegar Syndrome . Retrieved January 21, 2020 .
^ Hemphill, Jim (June 29, 2018).
"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the Films of Jamaa Fanaka and Personal Problems: Jim Hemphill's Weekend Blu-ray Picks" .
Filmmaker . Retrieved January 21, 2020 .
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