> > I am interested in films which have been remade with black characters. > in roles originally cast with whites, for example BLACULA/DRACULA. > Richard Brooks's novel THE BRICK FOXHOLE, for example, became the > film CROSSFIRE, and the gay character became a Jew (and the story > about anti-semitism instead of homophobia). > > Can any of the netters think of similar cases dealing with African- > Americans -- i.e. in which a remake or retelling cast blacks > in roles which originally featured whites or some other ethnicity? > > Similarly, Can anyone remember the T.V. remake of the Defiant Ones with > Phyllisha Rashad, in which the male charachters are recast as females. > (while preserving the color differences) > > Erin Elder > Albion College > A blacksploitation film called Hit Man is a remake of Get Carter that was not even released when Hit Man was started. Roger Corman owned the rights to G.C. and produced Hit Man -- Ethan Goldstine