War (Nuclear)

... somehow a remake of Sun Ra's Nuclear War from 1982

Some years back, I forget when, certainly before the start of the new millienium, a group of Afro-dread cyberheads headquartered in a office in Hackerscher Markt, a former shtetl in the east of Berlin, an area now known for its upscale cafes, restaurants, discotesques and tall, Barbie-doll-like prostitutes, emailed an invitation to present a blaxploitation film of my own choosing at an upcoming event they were then in the middle of organizing. At the time, as I had published a book on seventies-era black action-films , I was considered something of a 'scholar' on the subject -- an appellation I found completely laughable, given my research primarily consisted of keeping my finger on the fast-forward button of my Vcr's remote. And writing sarcastic asides about such films as Blacula; Coffy; Willie Dynamite; and the deliriously strange, Welcome Home, Brother Charles -- it was not unusual to receive such invitations. I was told these films were not known in Europe (which I soon discovered was not true; when, during a screening of Darktown Strutters, a film barely known in the U.S., the cargo container serving as a makeshift movie theater was packed like a tin of sardines with a broad assortment of German-speaking transvestites). Needless to say, when I realized they were also offering Deutschmarks for my presence, I readily accepted their invitation.