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The film: Buck and the Preacher

1. What conventions of Westerns does this film include? What conventions does it subvert or work against? How would you describe it as an example of the Western genre?
2. This film is also considered part of the Blaxploitation (Links to an external site.) era that began in the early 1970s. The term is often misunderstood. What elements of Blaxploitation do you see in the film? How does they influence your reading of the film? Does the film help you understand the significance of Blaxploitation?
3. How does the film play with traditional hero/villain roles in Westerns? Do you read Preacher as a hero or anti-hero? How are Native Americans portrayed in the ethos of the film?
4. Take note of the film's score. What instruments do you hear and in what kind of arrangements? In what ways does the music in the film complement the melding of genres?
5. The film starts with some backstory/context at the end of the credits. How do the insert titles frame the film? What is added to the narrative? Would the film make clear sense without that framing?
6. What are the politics of this film? What message might it be delivering about the politics of its time of production (as opposed to the time depicted)?