Checkerboard
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Checkerboard (1959, France, Italy) is a Shocksploitation film directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert.
- Contents: Film Review | Double-Feature DVD | Press Kit | Soundtrack
Main Details
- Released on May 6, 1959 (France)
- B&W
- Running Time: USA: 105 min
- Production Co: Les Films Fernand Rivers/Lodice-Zodiaque-Globe
- Distribution Co: American Film Distribution
- Directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert
- Written by Claude Accursi & Claude Bernard-Aubert
- Cinematography by Jean Isnard
- Original music by Andre Hodier
- Editing by Gabriel Rongier
- Starring Jacques Richard, Toto Bissainthe, Douta Seck
Plot Summary
- A dying desert town becomes a flashpoint for racial violence when a young white man asks an African American girl out to the annual dance.
Also Known As
- Les Tripes au soleil
- Questione di pelle (Italy)
- Guts in the Sun
Tagline
- A TOUR OF VIOLENCE... IN BLACK & WHITE!
