Posse (1993 film)
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Posse is a 1993 American Western film directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles. Featuring a large ensemble cast, the film tells the story of a posse of African-American soldiers and one ostracized white soldier, who are all betrayed by a corrupt colonel. The story starts with the group escaping with a cache of gold, and continues with their leader Jesse Lee (Mario Van Peebles) taking revenge on the men who killed his preacher father. The story is presented as a flashback told by an unnamed old man (Woody Strode). The title of the film refers to a group of people who are summoned to help law enforcement officers. This film was the first film to be released by Gramercy Pictures.
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Directed by | Mario Van Peebles |
Written by | Sy Richardson Dario Scardapane |
Produced by | Preston Holmes Jim Steele |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
Edited by | Mark Conte Seth Flaum |
Music by | Michel Colombier |
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Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.5 million[1] |
Box office | $20 million[1] |
Melvin Van Peebles, the father of director Mario Van Peebles, recorded a new song, "Cruel Jim Crow", for the film. This marked his first music recording in 20 years, after his 1974 album What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?![2] It led to the production of a new album, Ghetto Gothic, released in 1995.[2] The film takes the form of an extended memory, as told by Woody Strode, who witnessed some of the events as a young boy. Strode's opening narration, documenting early black settlers, continues his onscreen naming of individuals overlooked by history from the 1972 documentary Black Rodeo.