Darius James


Darius James is an African-American author and performance artist. He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude , 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. 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.

Books

  • That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude
  • Negrophobia: An Urban Parable
  • Voodoo Stew, Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2004
  • Froggie Chocolate's Christmas Eve / Froggie Chocolates Weihnachtsabend, Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2005