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Welcome Home Brother Charles
Welcome Home Brother Charles
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jamaa Fanaka
Written by	Jamaa Fanaka
Produced by	Jamaa Fanaka
Starring	Marlo Monte; Reatha Grey; Stan Kamber
Cinematography	James Babij
Distributed by	Crown International Pictures
Release date	1975;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Welcome Home Brother Charles (also known as Soul Vengeance) is a 1975 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka.^[3]^[4] The film stars Marlo Monte as a wrongfully imprisoned man who seeks vengeance upon his transgressors using his prehensile penis. The film, which was shot on weekends over the course of seven months, was completed while Fanaka was a student of UCLA Film School.^[4]^[5]

Cast edit

Marlo Monte as Charles Murray
Reatha Grey as Carmen
Stan Kamber as Jim
Tiffany Peters as Christina Freeman
Ben Bigelow as Harry Freeman
Jake Carter as N.D.
Jackie Ziegler as Twyla
Ed Sander as Judge
Teri Hayden as Judge's Wife
Stephen Schenck as The Prosecutor
Kamala James as Prosecutor's Wife

Home media edit

In 2018, the film was restored in 2K and released on DVD and Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome as a double feature with the film Emma Mae.^[6]^[7]

References edit

^ Barnes, Mike (January 4, 2018). "Mark Tenser, President and CEO of Crown International Pictures, Dies". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
^ Field 2015, p. 127.
^ "R.I.P. Jamaa Fanaka". Deadline Hollywood. April 14, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Corson, Keith (2016). Trying to Get Over: African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986. University of Texas Press. pp. 121–122. ISBN 978-1477309070.
^ Field 2015, p. 126.
^ "Welcome Home Brother Charles / Emma Mae – Vinegar Syndrome". Vinegar Syndrome. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
^ Hemphill, Jim (June 29, 2018). "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the Films of Jamaa Fanaka and Personal Problems: Jim Hemphill's Weekend Blu-ray Picks". Filmmaker. Retrieved January 21, 2020.