Dutchman (Full Frame)

DVD, 56 minutes, IMAGE

A young, conservative black man, minding his own business, rides on an all-but-empty subway car. The only other passenger, a blond vixen, is looking his way and looking for trouble. Sexual tension, racial bigotry and righteous fury collide in a razor's edge confrontation. Writer LeRoi Jones' powerful and controversial play is faithfully adapted in this dramatically explosive and emotionally raw film made at the height of civil unrest in the '60s, with just as potent a message for today's audiences. Al Freeman, Jr. ("Malcolm X") and two time Academy Award-nominee Shirley Knight ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs") sear the screen in this highly acclaimed award-winner from Oscar-nominated director Anthony Harvey ("The Lion in Winter"), with a ominously knowing score by Academy Award winner John Barry ("Dances with Wolves").