Darius James | |
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Born | 1954 (age 62–63) United States |
Occupation | Author |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Darius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist. He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury), an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satirical novel written in screenplay form.
His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion. Darius James lives in Hamden, Connecticut.
He appeared in the 2006 film Black Deutschland. He co-wrote and appeared in a feature-length film released in 2013, The United States of Hoodoo.