STREET FIGHT with Ralph Bakshi Live!

Rated R; 100min; Director:Ralph Bakshi (1975)  

Location: Alamo Downtown

This show is a part of the Celebrity Guests Signature Series, Click to See More

Presented by the Austin School of Film, a non-profit training ground for independent film, art, and technology. Our goal is to educate, train, and develop emerging artists of all ages to be active participants in shaping our 21st century culture.

Ralph Bakshi's directorial debut FRITZ THE CAT enjoys the unique honor of being two disparate 'firsts'- it was the first animated feature film ever to receive an "X" rating from the MPAA and it was the first animated independent film to eventually gross 100 million. The infamous animator/writer/director, who had been born innocently enough from the warm and cozy womb of Terrytoons' "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse", had obviously pinched a sensitive nerve in the American subconscious. In his own words: "The art of cartooning is vulgarity. The only reason for cartooning to exist is to be on the edge. If you only take apart what they allow you to take apart, you're Disney. Cartooning is a low-class, for-the-public art, just like graffiti art and rap music. Vulgar but believable, that's the line I kept walking." Vulgar or profound or both, his films are art indeed.

About STREET FIGHT:
At (black)face value, STREET FIGHT (aka COONSKIN) might be the most offensive, racist, malicious, evil film that has ever been produced- but the message Bakshi intended isn't skin deep. Although praised by critics, it suffered at the box office after protesters forced intended distributor Paramount to sell off the rights to Bryanston Releasing, who then fanned the flames by restructuring the marketing effort toward further provocation. Today, the film is generally regarded as a groundbreaking document of racism in America. Featuring voice work by Scatman Crothers, Barry White and Charles Gordone.

Mr. Bakshi will also be in attendance of a screening his kid-friendly classic WIZARDS. Click here for for info and tickets.

Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

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