| Darius James | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
Darius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist.[1] He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury),[2] an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satirical novel written in screenplay form.[1]
His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion. James lives in Hamden, Connecticut.
He appeared in the 2006 film Black Deutschland (James had lived in Berlin). He co-wrote and appeared in a feature-length film released in 2013, The United States of Hoodoo.[3]