Cleopatra Jones
First screened in July 2014
Director: Jack Starrett. Cast: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Dan Frazer, Shelley Winters, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas, Stafford Morgan, Bill McKinney, Albert Popwell, Caro Kenyatta, Esther Rolle, Michael Warren, Jay Montgomery. Screenplay: Max Julien and Sheldon Keller. Twitter Capsule:
Filmmaking poise? Not so much. But movie and star emit plenty of personality. Zippy surface with hot rage at core.
VOR:④
Landmark of important genre, with unusual studio backing. Global purview of (killer) opening yields to interesting communal emphases. Diversely readable. Less sexualized than famous peers.
