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Title: Personal Problems
Condition: New
Description: Bill Gunn—actor, playwright, novelist, and director of the art-horror classic Ganja and Hess (1973)—teamed with novelist/essayist Ishmael Reed and poet/publisher Steve Cannon to produce what Reed has called a “meta-soap opera.” This extraordinary, rough-edged ensemble piece explores black working-class lives with candor and emotional intensity and features a who’s who of important artists including Walter Cotton, Vertamae Grosvenor, Jim Wright, and Sam Waymon, with music by Carman Moore, and cinematography by Robert Polidori. Rarely shown and, when screened, seen in a mutilated cut hampered by the poor quality of available materials, it appears for the first time in a full-length, two-part version restored from the original camera tapes. Seen in its proper form, Personal Problems is nothing short of a revelation.

Special Features: New HD restoration, reconstructed from the original 3/4” U-matic camera tapes, with remastered audio Previously unseen preliminary version, directed by Bill Gunn in 1979 (39 Min.) Deleted and extended scenes Original six-part radio drama (1977) Interviews with creators Ishmael Reed, Steve Cannon, and actor Sam Waymon “Improvisation Jamming,” an essay by Nicholas Forster on the production and release of the film Q&A footage from the restoration premiere (2018) Theatrical trailer
Format: Blu-ray
Director: Bill Gunn
Actor: Sam Waymon, Bill Gunn, Thommie Blackwel, Kip Hanrahan, Ishmael Reed, Margo Williams, Michele Wallace, Mizan Nunes, Bill Terry, Barbara Montgomery, John Di Benedetto, Leonard Jackson
Genre: Drama
Rating: MPAA Not Rated
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hours and 44 minutes
Release Date: 07/03/2018
Studio: Kino Lorber
Language: English
EAN: 0738329231606
Country/Region of Manufacture: USA
Region Code: Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...)
Release Year: 2018

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