The Super Fly Trilogy

By L.Roi Boyd

Fifty years since its opening, Super Fly, the 1970s Soul Cinema film about a street hustler making one last score to get out of the life of crime, remains a powerful influence in American pop culture. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: L.Roi Boyd
• Release date: Sep 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088270189

L.Roi Boyd

L. Roi Boyd, III is a Professor of Speech and Drama at Virginia State University. He received his MFA degree from Virginia Commonwealth in 2002 in Theatre Pedagogy. He is a professor, guitarist, drummer, and actor; he has been teaching and directing in educational, community, and professional theatre for nearly thirty years in Virginia and North Carolina. He is a historian in African-American film history specializing in race movies and Soul Cinema. Boyd is also a musician, radio host and renown speaking for Unity Worldwide Ministries. He is also a filmmaker, having directed the RLP Productions film Bell Blu in 2008. In addition, he served as co-producer of the film Black Wall Street: The Money, The Music, The People in addition to co-writing the theme song to the movie. Boyd serves as Co-Founding Artistic director of Cultural Libations, a multidisciplinary arts & humanities company. As a scholar, Roi has presented research and moderated panels for The Black Theatre Network, The Southern Theatre Conference, the Gordon Parks Celebration Conference, and the Culturing The Popular Conference. As a Director, his work has been in produced in Norfolk, Richmond, Winston Salem, North Carolina, San Francisco and New York City.

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