"Black Bart" is a 25-minute television short film from over 40 years ago. First of all make sure you read the title correctly. This has nothing to do with Blackbeard or pirates. It has to do with a Black man becoming sheriff of a small town in the Wild West. You have heard that already? Well, it is possible. This one here was made 1 year after Mel Brooks' Oscar nominated "Blazing Sadlles" and it seems they wanted to take the story to the small screen for a series. Unfortunately, they never made more than this pilot episode. The lead actor here is Louis Gossett Jr., roughly 10 years before his Academy Award win. I thought "Black Bart" was a decent little film, nothing extraordinary, but definitely better than its rating suggests. I guess this was methodically voted down to the bottom by mad "Blazing Saddles" fanboys. Go check out "Black Bart". It is worth seeing and includes a handful funny moments and quotes. Thumbs up.
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