Coonskin
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Where to Watch Coonskin
- RichardOctober 12, 2025This one’s a Molotov cocktail of satire, animation and raw commentary. Ralph Bakshi blends live-action and cartoon chaos to tell the story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear and Preacher Fox, three hustlers rising through Harlem’s underworld. It’s a twisted Uncle Remus tale, but with gangsters, corrupt cops and racial caricatures turned inside out. The visuals are wild,gritty, surreal and intentionally abrasive. Barry White and Scatman Crothers lend serious soul to the voice cast and the soundtrack pulses with defiant energy. Bakshi doesn’t pull punches; he uses stereotypes to confront them, forcing viewers to see the ugliness rather than ignore it.
Coonskin Trivia
Coonskin was released on August 20, 1975.
Coonskin was directed by Ralph Bakshi.
Coonskin has a runtime of 84m.
Coonskin was produced by Albert S. Ruddy.
A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
The key characters in Coonskin are Randy / Brother Rabbit (voice) (Philip Michael Thomas), Sampson / Brother Bear (voice) (Barry White), Preacherman / Preacher Fox (voice) (Charles Gordone).
Coonskin is rated R.
Coonskin is an Action, Animation, Comedy film.
Coonskin has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
Coonskin had a budget of $1.6M.