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Black Dynamite is a 2009 American blaxploitation [3] [4] [5] action comedy film starring Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, and Salli Richardson. The film was directed by Scott Sanders and co-written by White, Sanders, and Byron Minns, who also co-stars.
Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) [1] [note 1] is an American actor, martial artist, and director. [3] Though he has appeared in a variety of genres, White is best known for his action and martial arts films. [4]
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and received a limited release on October 4, 2019, before digital streaming on October 25, 2019. In January 2022, a detailed biography, Thank You for Letting Me Be Myself: The Authorized Biography of Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite by Mark Jason Murray, was released.
Walker was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Bronx. [3] He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in New York City.Through a New York State funded program known as SEEK (Search for Education, Evaluation, and Knowledge), he continued his studies and entered into the field of radio engineering with WRVR.
The action comedy movie Black Dynamite (2009) parodies Dolemite and other blaxploitation films. A biographical film about Moore and the making of Dolemite, titled Dolemite Is My Name and starring Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, was released theatrically and on Netflix in October 2019. [8] [9] [10]
The show, set in the 1970s, is predominantly a parody of and tribute to blaxploitation cinema. The show continues the story of Black Dynamite, Bullhorn, Cream Corn, and Honey Bee as they engage in dangerous and over-the-top misadventures sometimes involving celebrities such as Michael Jackson, O. J. Simpson, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Don Cornelius, Dick Clark, Spike Lee, Mr. T ...
Black Caesar (film) Black Chariot; Black Cobra (film series) Black Devil Doll from Hell; Black Dynamite; The Black Gestapo; Black Girl (1972 film) The Black Godfather; Black Gunn; Black Heat (film) Black Joy (film) Black Lolita; Black Mama White Mama; Black Samson; Black Samurai; Black Shampoo; Black Sister's Revenge; The Black Six; Black Snake ...
The film was released on Netflix on November 16, after a limited theatrical run, [24] and received positive reviews, [25] [26] with many highlighting Nelson's performance and his overall segment. He portrayed Ralph Myers in the drama/legal drama Just Mercy (2019).