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| Created by | Reginald Hudlin |
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| Presented by | George Clinton |
| Music by | John Barnes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producer | Ernest Johnson |
| Cinematography | Peter Deming |
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| Running time | 83 minutes |
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| Network | HBO |
| Release | November 8, 1994 |
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Cosmic Slop is a 1994 American anthology television film created by Reginald Hudlin, who executive produced with his brother Warrington Hudlin.[1] The film is hosted by musician and Parliament-Funkadelic frontman George Clinton, and derives its title from the 1973 album and song of the same name by Clinton and Funkadelic.[2]
Cosmic Slop features three short segments. The first, "Space Traders", was directed by Reginald Hudlin, written by Trey Ellis, and based on the short story "The Space Traders" by Derrick Bell. The second, "The First Commandment", was written and directed by Warrington Hudlin. The third, "Tang", was directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, written by Kyle Baker, and based on the short story "Tang" by Chester Himes.[3] The film's ensemble cast includes Robert Guillaume, Jason Bernard, Edward Edwards, Larry Anderson, Nicholas Turturro, Richard Herd, Paula Jai Parker, and Chi McBride.
- ^ Moon, Spencer (1997). Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 978-0313298301.
- ^ Duffy, Mike (November 8, 1994). "HBO's 'Cosmic Slop' is pleasantly weird". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ Berry, S. Torriano; Berry, Venise T. (2015). Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 223. ISBN 978-1442247017.