Death May Be Your Santa Claus

Overview

Frankie Dymon's Death May be Your Santa Claus (1969), arguably Britain's first and only example of a 'black power' movie, in which themes of sexual and political identity encircle one another in the context of a hip and hippy London of the late 1960s, suspended between the cinematic radicalisms of films such as Roeg's Performance, Godard's Sympathy for the Devil in which Dymon played a leading role, or Boorman's Leo the Last. Thought lost until quite recently, this inscrutably-titled film is described as a 'pop fantasy' and offers an intriguing look at 60s sex and politics from a black British perspective.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 6, 1969

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Space Films,Stria Films,Stria Films, Space Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0064216