简介：ThispostiswhyBlaxploitationPrideexists.Weknowthegenreisalostone.It'sreveredbutwasnotpreserved.Prideisanecessitybutinexcessquicklybecomesasin.Prideisanelementofculturalidentitythathasbeenwashedawayintoday'sworld.OnecanneverreceiveenoughexcessiveimageryofBlackprideifyoulovewhatyouseeandhearonBP.Ofcourse,thehistorywasrichwellbeforethe70's,truthbetold. IlearnedplentyfromfilmmakerJamaaFanakaregardingthepowerofmovingpicturesandSaveTheChildrenistheprototypicalexampleofthatpower.Alloftheenthusiastsandloyalistsofthegenreask"WhataboutSaveTheChildren?Doesthatexist?Hasanyoneseenit?"Isaythat'sa'doubleentendre',I,too,wonderifitexistsandIalsoaskisthereanactualinteresttoliterally"SaveTheChildren"? Fromadocumentarytoanactuality,thispostcanbemetaphorforthosepricelesslosttapes,uncoveredfootage,pride,thepoweroffilmtothequestionofwhetherornotdoesanybodycareto"save"anythingbeit"blaxploitation",children,orsimplymakingqualityfilmwithdignity,meaningandthatwhichisrevolutionaryinscope. SaveTheChildrendoesexistasatangibletreasureforourviewingpleasurebutisnon-existentinthesensetheworldmaynotbearwitnesstothatpowerever.ItmaybeaDVDripofaVHSripbutevenstill,it'sahistoricalartifact.StanLathan,directorofthisdocumentary,speaksaboutinhisexperienceinaninterviewhereWhat'sinterestingisthereisnotalkofwherethefilmistodayorifthereisapossibilityofaDVDrelease. ClassicslikeTheMack,WhenWeWereKings,Wattstax,SoulPowerandBlackRodeoweredirectedbyMichaelCampus,LeonGast,MelStuart,JeffreyLevy-HinteandJeffKanewrespectively.Thesewhitemenallspeakontheircommentariesandinterviewsofhoweitheritwashelltogetthefilmmade,helltogetitreleasedinthetheater,andsomeyearslater,helltoretainthefilmandtransferittoDVD.Theysavedtheirchildren,regardless. Asbeautifulandaspowerfulastheseproductionsare,thenecessitytopresenttheseexperiencestonextgenerationswasmadepossiblebymennotevenfromtheculture.SaveTheChildrenisnottalkedaboutasbeingreleasedanytimesoon,ifatall. StanLathanformedamediagroupwithoneoftherichestBlackmenintheworld,RussellSimmonsandthroughHBOthesuccessfulDeffranchisewasborn.SaveTheChildrenremainsstillborn.DefComedyversusaDefTragedy.BrotherSelf-Science,Funkback,theBPfamilyhoodandIseehowimperativeitisnotonlyto"Save"thatwhichisnotlefttobesaved,buttopreservetheantiquityandedifythese"children"intoadulthoodsotheycanpassonthepreciousnesstogenerationsbeyond. Bytheway,wait'tilyouseethisprettybaby........…