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THOMASINE & BUSHROD
U.S., 1974
Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.
Written by Max Julien
With Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, Juanita Moore, George Murdock
Approx. 95 min. 35mm.
“Starring established leading lady Vonetta McGee, and written by her then-partner and co-star Max Julien, Gordon Parks Jr.’s 1974 western shifts these heroes from post-Reconstruction to the early 20th century. Shut out from the era’s accelerating prosperity, Thomasine and Bushrod turn from bounty hunting to bank robbing, redistributing their spoils among the dispossessed like latter-day Robin Hoods. To stay step ahead of the law, the lovers have no choice but to navigate a landmine of ever-present white violence… THOMASINE & BUSHROD is a call for resistance and autonomy that finds a timely story in our overlooked past.” – Caroline Golum, Screen Slate