Tamu

At the beginning of Larry Clark's film, Malcolm X is quoted saying, "We don’t see any American dream. We’ve experienced only the American nightmare."  A young African American man is driving through South Central in a Volkswagen Beetle thinking about revolution, Malcolm X, racism, capitalism and the war in Vietnam.  An old lady is seen being mugged.  A poem about getting high is heard interspersed with footage of an African American man who is high on drugs.  We see a wanted poster for Eldridge Cleaver.  Halfway through the film, we switch to the thoughts of a young African American woman who is also thinking about revolution. An image of Angela Davis is seen.  Then we see the man and the woman driving together.  The film ends with a wanted poster for "Tamu Davis." Jazz is heard on the sound track.

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