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Bushman

1971 · 1h 13m · David Schickele · Documentary · Drama
English

1968: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the Civil War is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties. Truth is stranger than fiction in Bushman, a rare sort of film portrait, part document, part imagined – poetic in its approach to real events.

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1968: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the Civil War is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties. Truth is stranger than fiction in Bushman, a rare sort of film portrait, part document, part imagined – poetic in its approach to real events.

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Cast

PO
Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam
Gabriel/Bushman
EF
Elaine Featherstone
Alma
MS
Mike Slye
Motorcyclist
LL
Lothario Lotho
Alma’s brother
Jack Nance
Jack Nance
Felix
PG
Patrick Gleeson
Marty
DM
Donna Michelson
Diane
AS
Ann Scofield
White Girl
JG
James Earl Garrison
Friend
SP
Shezwae Powell
Black Waitress

Crew

DS
David Schickele
Directing

Details

Title Bushman
Year 1971
Runtime 1h 13m
Spoken Language English
Genre Documentary · Drama
Director David Schickele
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics) 100%
IMDb ID tt0212016

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