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Darius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist. He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury), an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satirical novel written in screenplay form.

His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion. James lives in Hamden, Connecticut.

He appeared in the 2006 film Black Deutschland (James had lived in Berlin). He co-wrote and appeared in a feature-length film released in 2013, The United States of Hoodoo.

Books

• That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All'Whyte Jury)
• Negrophobia: An Urban Parable
• Voodoo Stew (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2004
• Froggie Chocolate's Christmas Eve / Froggie Chocolates Weihnachtsabend (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2005

See also

• Closet screenplay

References

1. ^ B. Fein, Esther (June 17, 1992). "Book Notes". The New York Times.
2. James, Darius (1995). That's Blaxploitation!: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury). St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-13192-5.
3. "Hoodoo.stokedfilm.com". Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2013-07-13.

External links

• Darius James at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Darius James "Super-Thug" History Lesson

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