Title from web page. Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Wide screen. Special features: Give me a riddle (1966 : 67 min.) a documentary by David Schickele; Tuscarora (1992 : 8 min.), a documentary by David Schickele; audio commentary by film historian Daniel Kremer and filmmaker Rob Nilsson; audio commentary of an archival interview with Paul Eyan Nzie Okpokam by Kingsley Oyong Akam. Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, Mike Slye, Elaine Featherstone.
Summary:
In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted drama about the adventures of a well-educated Nigerian immigrant in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of John Cassavetes' Shadows (1959), Bushman observes the foibles of late-1960s African American culture with an outsider's penetrating eye. The film morphs into a documentary when the director's voice abruptly intrudes to narrate its star's fate: Okpokam was accused of a crime he did not commit and found himself at the mercy of the US justice system.
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