henna day post

[gwynnega]

It is Henna Day, on a cool Los Angeles afternoon. We might even get some rain. The henna on my head is a bit chilly, rather than refreshing. I am glad we've been having some actual autumn weather.

My car battery has been less thrilled by the cool weather--i.e., it died yesterday. But at least I was at home when that happened, and now I have a zippy new car battery.

Last night I watched Abar, the First Black Superman (1977) on TCM. It's a blaxploitation film about a black scientist who moves with his family into a white, ultraracist neighborhood in Los Angeles and ends up creating a wonder drug which gives a neighborhood activist super powers. The film apparently had a beleaguered production history. I was particularly taken with the 1970s LA location shots, especially the fight scene filmed at Watts Towers.

Comments

[kore]

Oh, that flick sounds neat! Especially the Watts Towers, I love those. They are so beautiful.

[gwynnega]

It was so great to see the Watts Towers in a movie.

[kore]

I looked at the Wiki entry and apparently they appear in a few other movies, but most of them sound awful, especially one called Ricochet. :-/ I wonder if there's a documentary....

[usedtobeljs]

There's something really neat about films with 1960s and 70s real location shooting. :)

Hugs and happy henna-ing!

[gwynnega]

Also, all the cars in the movie were giant. :-)

::hugs::

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Sigh, it'll be hot by week's end.

[gwynnega]

I can deal with a couple of days in the low eighties. At least there aren't any heat waves in the forecast!