Countdown at Kusini (also known as Cool Red) is a 1976 American-Nigerian action/drama film written by Howard Friedlander and Ed Spielman, and directed by Ossie Davis.
During a trip to the newly independent nation of Fahari, Africa, Red Salter, an African American jazz musician, falls in love with Leah Matanzima, but she is involved in Fahari's struggle against a puppet government run by multinational corporations. Jealous of Leah's friendship with white British journalist Charles Henderson, Red reluctantly joins her support of revolutionary leader Ernest Motapo and helps her obtain guns from weapons dealer Saidu. When Fahari officials arrest them, Charles rescues Leah and Red; then spirits them away in a motorboat, but Ben Amed, a French mercenary hired to assassinate Motapo, rams them with another boat and kills Charles. Marnie (Yola), Motapo's traitorous nephew, arranges with Amed to ambush Motapo at a railroad junction near Kusini, but Leah and Red arrive in time with revolutionary fighters. After killing Marnie and Amed, Leah welcomes Red to Africa's revolution against European imperialism.[1]
The film was conceived and entirely financed by Delta Sigma Theta, an African-American sorority that owned DST Telecommunications which produced material to counter the "inaccurate portrayal of black people in media."[1]
Filming took place in August 1974 in Lagos, Nigeria with both U.S. and Nigerian crews.[1]
Dee, Davis, and Morris deferred their salaries until the film made a profit.[1]
countdown, kusini, also, known, cool, 1976, american, nigerian, action, drama, film, written, howard, friedlander, spielman, directed, ossie, davis, directed, byossie, daviswritten, byossie, davisal, freeman, ladi, ladebojohn, storm, robertproduced, byladi, la. Countdown at Kusini also known as Cool Red is a 1976 American Nigerian action drama film written by Howard Friedlander and Ed Spielman and directed by Ossie Davis Countdown at KusiniDirected byOssie DavisWritten byOssie DavisAl Freeman Jr Ladi LadeboJohn Storm RobertProduced byLadi LadeboStarringRuby DeeOssie DavisGreg MorrisCinematographyAndrew LaszloEdited byGeorge BowersMusic byManu DibangoProductioncompaniesDST Telecommunications Nigeria Glipp Productions Tam International LimitedDistributed byColumbia PicturesRelease dateApril 7 1976 1976 04 07 1 Running time101 minutesCountriesNigeria United StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 1 2 million 1 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Production 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editDuring a trip to the newly independent nation of Fahari Africa Red Salter an African American jazz musician falls in love with Leah Matanzima but she is involved in Fahari s struggle against a puppet government run by multinational corporations Jealous of Leah s friendship with white British journalist Charles Henderson Red reluctantly joins her support of revolutionary leader Ernest Motapo and helps her obtain guns from weapons dealer Saidu When Fahari officials arrest them Charles rescues Leah and Red then spirits them away in a motorboat but Ben Amed a French mercenary hired to assassinate Motapo rams them with another boat and kills Charles Marnie Yola Motapo s traitorous nephew arranges with Amed to ambush Motapo at a railroad junction near Kusini but Leah and Red arrive in time with revolutionary fighters After killing Marnie and Amed Leah welcomes Red to Africa s revolution against European imperialism 1 Cast editRuby Dee Leah Matanzima Ossie Davis Ernest Motapo Greg Morris Red Salter Tom Aldredge Ben Amed Michael Ebert Charles Henderson Thomas Baptiste John Okello Jab Adu Juma Bakari Elsie Olusola Mamouda Funsho Adeolu Marni Ibidun Allison SniperProduction editThe film was conceived and entirely financed by Delta Sigma Theta an African American sorority that owned DST Telecommunications which produced material to counter the inaccurate portrayal of black people in media 1 Filming took place in August 1974 in Lagos Nigeria with both U S and Nigerian crews 1 Dee Davis and Morris deferred their salaries until the film made a profit 1 References edit a b c d e f Countdown at Kusini at the American Film Institute CatalogExternal links editCountdown at Kusini at the American Film Institute Catalog Countdown at Kusini at IMDb nbsp This article related to a Nigerian film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to an American film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a war drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an action drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Countdown at Kusini amp oldid 1189838405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
