Black Dynamite is a 2009 American blaxploitation spoof/homage action and comedy film starring Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Chapman and Tommy Davidson. It is a spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films. The film was directed by Scott Sanders and co-written by White, Sanders and Byron Minns, who also co-stars. The film, in which former CIA agent Black Dynamite must avenge his brother's death while cleaning the streets of a new drug that is ravaging the community, had a trailer and funding even before a script was written. Black Dynamite was shot in 20 days in Super 16... format. It was released in the United States on 16 October 2009 for only two weeks and was well-received by critics. It was released on home video on 16 February 2010. Black Dynamite, a Vietnam veteran and former CIA agent, vows to clean up the streets of drug dealers and gangsters after his younger brother Jimmy is killed by a shady organization. O'Leary, Black Dynamite's former Army and CIA partner, reinstates him into the agency because they do not want him seeking vengeance by himself.
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| Release date: | October 16, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Scott Sanders |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jon Steingart, Jenny Wiener Steingart, Jillian Apfelbaum, Charla Driver, Alison Engel, Paul Segal, Matt Richards, Steven Funk, Seth Harrison, Intesar Haider, Jenna Segal, David M. Thompson |
| Editor: | Adrian Younge |
| Music by: | Adrian Younge |
| Cinematography: | Shawn Maurer |
| Screenplay by: | Byron Minns, Scott Sanders, Michael Jai White |
| Estimated budget: | $2,900,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action, Adventure |