Welcome Home Brother Charles Explained
| Welcome Home Brother Charles |
| Director: | Jamaa Fanaka |
| Producer: | Jamaa Fanaka |
| Starring: | Marlo Monte
Reatha Grey
Stan Kamber |
| Cinematography: | James Babij |
| Distributor: | Crown International Pictures[1] |
| Runtime: | 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.[2] [3] 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.
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.[4] [5]
References
Bibliography
Notes and References
- Web site: Mark Tenser, President and CEO of Crown International Pictures, Dies. Barnes. Mike. January 4, 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. January 21, 2020.
- Web site: R.I.P. Jamaa Fanaka. April 14, 2012. Deadline Hollywood. January 21, 2020.
- Book: Corson, Keith. 2016. Trying to Get Over: African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986. University of Texas Press. 121–122. 978-1477309070.
- Web site: Welcome Home Brother Charles / Emma Mae – Vinegar Syndrome. Vinegar Syndrome. January 21, 2020.
- Web site: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the Films of Jamaa Fanaka and Personal Problems: Jim Hemphill's Weekend Blu-ray Picks. Hemphill. Jim. June 29, 2018. Filmmaker. January 21, 2020.
