Cosmic Slop (film)

Cosmic Slop
Television release poster
Genre
Created byReginald Hudlin
Based on
Written by
Directed by
  • Reginald Hudlin ("Space Traders")
  • Warrington Hudlin ("The First Commandment")
  • Kevin Rodney Sullivan ("Tang")
Presented byGeorge Clinton
Music byJohn Barnes
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Reginald Hudlin
  • Warrington Hudlin
ProducerErnest Johnson
CinematographyPeter Deming
Editors
  • Stephen Semel ("Space Traders")
  • Richard Candib ("The First Commandment")
  • Victor DuBois ("Tang")
Running time83 minutes
Production companies
  • HBO
  • Hudlin Bros.
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseNovember 8, 1994 (1994-11-08)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

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.

  1. ^ Moon, Spencer (1997). Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 978-0313298301.
  2. ^ Duffy, Mike (November 8, 1994). "HBO's 'Cosmic Slop' is pleasantly weird". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.