| The Black Gestapo | |
| Director: | Lee Frost |
| Producer: | Wes Bishop |
| Screenplay: | Lee Frost Wes Bishop |
| Story: | Ronald K. Goldman Lee Frost Wes Bishop |
| Starring: | Rod Perry Charles P. Robinson |
| Music: | Allan Alper[1] |
| Cinematography: | Derek Scott |
| Editing: | Joanna Terbush |
| Studio: | Saber Productions |
| Distributor: | Bryanston Distributors |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Black Gestapo (also released as Ghetto Warriors) is a 1975 American crime film about a vigilante named General Ahmed, who starts an inner-city "People's Army" to protect the black citizens of Watts.[2] [3] [4] However, when the Army succeeds in chasing the mob out of town, Ahmed is replaced by his colleague Colonel Kojah, who reforms the movement into a National Socialist criminal organization in order to have complete control over the town.[5]
It was written and directed by Lee Frost, and stars Rod Perry, Charles P. Robinson, Phil Hoover, Ed Cross and features a cameo from Russ Meyer regular Uschi Digard. It depicts African-American men dressed as Nazis and contains many scenes of violence (including a castration scene) and soft-core nudity.[6]
Writing in AllMovie, critic Donald Guarisco wrote that the film "lives up [to] the offensive potential of its title by cramming every bit of nastiness it can muster into its short running time," and that although it "is socially irresponsible [...] At its best, it's even inspired in a very twisted sort of way."[7] Critic Matthew Roe wrote in Under the Radar magazine that the "nazi iconography in this film is as subtle as the apocolypse," that "everything about this film screams 70s action schlock," and although "there are scattershot moments of interesting introspection, the movie keeps the dial cranked up and keeps cheap thrills coming its entire runtime."[8]