Poole, Robert James
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
The Mack Screenplay
Collection
Identifier: SC 00148
Scope and Contents
The Mack Screenplay is a Blaxploitation film written by Robert James Poole, referred to as Bobby Poole, a prison inmate who claimed to have written the screenplay on toilet paper. It was made into a film directed by Michael Campus and starred Max Julien and Richard Prior. The screenplay is about a man named John "Goldie" Mickens (Julien), a recent parolee who decides to become a pimp in Oakland, California in pursuit of wealth. However, his brother Olinga, a Black Nationalist,...
Dates:
1972
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center