MPG: Motion Picture Genocide explained

MPG: Motion Picture Genocide is a 1997 film by Robert Banks.^{[1] [2]}

Summary

It is an examination of 100 years of African Americans being murdered in films for cheap thrills and escapism.^{[3] [4] [5]}

See also

• Last House on the Left - the 1972 horror film with the tagline featured on Robert Banks's film "to avoid fainting, keep repeating: it's only a movie"
• Media violence

External links

• The Lantern
  • The entire film officially posted by filmmaker Michael Wendt on Vimeo

Notes and References

1. https://expcinema.org/site/en/films-robert-banks-bruce-checefsky The Films Of Robert Banks & Bruce Checefsky|Experimental Cinema
2. https://www.maysles.org/archive2011/2017/8/14/black-x-african-diaspora-experimental-film-series Black X: African Diaspora Experimental Film Series — maysles documentary center
3. https://chicagoreader.com/film/a-celebration-of-black-filmmakers-at-block-cinema/ A celebration of Black filmmakers at Block Cinema - Chicago Reader
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=z5qmplifVDIC Frame by Frame III - Google Books (pg.506)
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=DpatDwAAQBAJ Making Images Move - Google Books (pg.145)