Director: Jeff Barnaby
In a dystopic metropolitan hellscape, a spiritually exhausted and destitute Native American has resolved to assimilate into the ruling culture. He visits a surgical clinic and undergoes a gruesome procedure to rid him of his red skin.
Morgan Freeman
Both Al Pacino and William Hurt were considered for the role of Somerset; selecting Morgan Freeman says something about Hollywood’s then-dawning realization of his caliber as an artist and a box office draw. Even so, the studio’s efforts to flag Freeman for an Academy Award and an MTV Movie Award fell short that following year.
Check out the story of Indian Jyoti Amge, also to appear in AHS: Freak Show.
Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Bai Ling
Remembering Brandon Lee’s Death 20 Years After The Crow
William Marshall, Vonetta McGee
One of the top grossing films of the 1972, Blacula was the first movie to win Best Horror Film at the Saturn Awards. Its success inspired a sequel (1973’s Scream, Blacula, Scream) along with a string of blaxploitation horror films including Blackenstein.
Dark Matters 
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