Last month, I had a great conversation with my man Mtume Gant on his podcast Within Our Gates, which examines cinema and the arts from a radical left perspective. We talked about the 1972 film Top Of The Heap, which was produced, directed, written by and starring Christopher St. John. Released during the heyday of blaxploitation, it sidesteps a lot of that genre's tropes. A truly unique and recommended piece of Black cinema.
Top Of The Heap is currently available to stream on Tubi. The trailer and my conversation on Mtume only hint at the places that this movie will take you.
I consider my friend Mtume to be a renaissance man. He's a film maker, an actor, an emcee, and a producer. In the world of hip-hop, he's made music under the names Sir Tumes and Core Rhythm.
My next BSOTS episode will feature a Core Rhythm tune, a cut that feels like the centerpiece of the show and features killer verses from Core, my former Bondfire Radio comrade Conscious, and Sum.
https://sirtumes.bandcamp.com/track/shenanigans-feat-conscious-and-sum
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