Black Dynamite Production

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White originally thought of the idea around April 2006 for Black Dynamite while listening to James Brown's Super Bad but had seen many blaxploitation movies. White rented costumes, photographed himself, and showed it to Sanders who was immediately attracted to the idea.

The original trailer was recorded even before a script was written because White and Sanders had to shoot it to raise money for the film. It incorporated scenes from old blaxploitation movies with old voice overs from Adolph Caesar. The trailer was shot on Super 8 mm film for around $500. White and Sanders showed it to Jon Steingart who told them "Oh my God. Okay, we can raise the money for this."

After they were financed the writing of the script took about three weeks. They worked independently until they realized Sander's script was on the wrong track, he was able to contribute more in the rewrite.[6] During the writing process Minns' almost "encyclopedic knowledge" of the blaxploitation helped them write the script faster.

The cinematographer Shawn Maurer shot the film in Super 16 Color Reversal Kodak fil...

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