personal problems: part ii (bill gunn, 1980)

bill gunn, actor, screenwriter, novelist, and the director of arthorror classic ganja hess (1973), teamed with writer ishmael reed and producer steve cannon to produce what reed has called a metasoap opera, an exceptional, roughedged ensemble piece exploring black workingclass lives in new york city with candor and emotional intensity, featuring a whos who of major artists including walter cotton, vertamae smartgrosvenor, jim wright, and sam waymon, with music by carman moore, and cinematography by robert polidori.