An extremely bigoted white man finds out the hard (and somewhat humorous) way what it’s like being a black man, firsthand!

+The Guardian Interview with director Melvin Van Peebles in conversation with broadcaster Darcus Howe at London’s NFT (1996)
+Introduction with director Melvin Van Peebles (first 4:47 only)

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https://nitro.download/view/FCCC70D1E721692/Watermelon.Man.1970.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:English
Subtitles:English

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A woman looking for adventure finds romance, excitement and danger in her viewfinder in this action-packed comedy-drama. Friday Foster (Pam Grier) is a beautiful and ambitious young photographer who is working as an assistant at Glance Magazine, edited by the hard-boiled Monk Riley (Julius Harris). When Riley can’t get in touch with his first-call photographer, he calls Foster with a very important New Year’s Eve assignment — reclusive billionaire Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala), often called “the black Howard Hughes,” is expected to be coming to Los Angeles, and Riley wants pictures of Tarr’s arrival. But Foster gets more than she bargained for when Tarr is ambushed by a gang of assassins disguised as security guards. The next day, Foster is helping to shoot a fashion show introducing new creations from flamboyant designer Madame Rena (Eartha Kitt) when Clorils Boston (Rosalind Miles), a model who has known Friday since childhood, is stabled to death. Colt Hawkins (Yaphet Kotto), a private detective who is on the scene, offers to help Friday track down Clorils’ killer after she notices that the same mysterious man (Carl Weathers) was present at both crimes. Foster and Hawkins discover the two killings are connected by a plot hatched by an underground group called “Black Widow” to kill off powerful and influential African-Americans. But who is behind the conspiracy, and can they be stopped in time? Also starring Godfrey Cambridge, Paul Benjamin, Scatman Crothers and Ted Lange, Friday Foster was based on the comic strip by Jim Lawrence and Jorge Longeron; running from 1970 to 1974, it was the first syndicated strip with an African-American woman as the leading character.

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https://nitro.download/view/1A7F2F53B24AB63/Friday.Foster.1975.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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Synopsis:
Harlem’s African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O’Malley (Calvin Lockhart), who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) look into O’Malley’s scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. But the police, O’Malley and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.

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https://nitro.download/view/0DF452F35A0CEED/Cotton.Comes.to.Harlem.1970.576p.BDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish (muxed)

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