SOLOMON KING

“A major discovery that has more in common with the films of the L.A. Rebellion or something decidedly idiosyncratic like TOP OF THE HEAP rather than TRUCK TURNER, but still manages to feel like a vital part of the genre.” - Justin LaLiberty, Letterboxd

"Don't you suckers know the days of Uncle Remus and Old Black Joe are gone?," barks ex-CIA operative/nightclub owner Solomon King in actor/director/writer Sal Watts’s long-lost action thriller. Here, Watts is a cross between James Bond and Dolemite, seducing nightclub singers and beating the crap out of an oil-obsessed Middle Eastern ruler’s henchmen. Shot independently in Oakland, CA, this has a killer soundtrack and incredible threads from Watts’ own Mr. Sal’s Fashion stores. Produced on a shoestring budget and shot on location in many of the businesses Watts owned, the film is a priceless document of Oakland’s culture, music and fashion – and a powerful metaphor for Black empowerment.