Black Snake (film)

Black Snake
Directed by	Russ Meyer
Produced by	Russ Meyer
Written by	Russ Meyer Leonard Neubauer A. James Ryan
Starring	Anouska Hempel David Warbeck Percy Herbert Thomas Baptiste
Music by	William Loose
Cinematography	Arthur Ornitz
Edited by	Fred Baratta
Release dates	March 28, 1973
Running time	82 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Black Snake is a 1973 American film directed by Russ Meyer. It was Meyer's return to self-financed projects, following the end of his brief deal at 20th Century Fox. Meyer's only attempt at the Blaxploitation genre, it was filmed in Panavision and was shot on location in Barbados.

A period piece about colonial slavery, the plot centered on Lady Susan, a cruel slave-owner and plantation mistress, and her domination of both the black and white men on the island. Anouska Hempel, a New Zealand-born actress well known in the UK, was cast at the last minute when Meyer's original lead fell ill.

Meyer was dissatisfied with the film, and for years afterwards he complained of Hempel's unsuitability for her part. In the late 1990s Hempel, now Lady Weinberg, bought the British rights; since then it has not been seen on UK television, though it has been released on DVD there.

Theatrical poster to Black Snake' re-released as Sweet Suzy.

Black Snake was originally released theatrically in the UK as Slaves and has also been released under the title Sweet Suzy.^[1]

See also

• List of American films of 1973

Notes

1. "Sweet Suzy". Variety. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

External links

• Black Snake at the Internet Movie Database
• Black Snake at AllMovie