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Darius James
Born 1954 (age 69–70)
United States
Occupation Author
Genre Non-fiction

Darius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist. He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury), an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satirical novel written in screenplay form.

His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion. James lives in Hamden, Connecticut.

He appeared in the 2006 film Black Deutschland. He co-wrote and appeared in a feature-length film released in 2013, The United States of Hoodoo.

Books

  • That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All'Whyte Jury)
  • Negrophobia: An Urban Parable
  • Voodoo Stew (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2004
  • Froggie Chocolate's Christmas Eve / Froggie Chocolates Weihnachtsabend (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2005

See also

  • Closet screenplay
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