Solomon King

The long-lost, independently financed Black urban crime/action film SOLOMON KING (1974) from actor, writer, producer and director Sal Watts was shot in Oakland, CA in 1973 with a cast of mostly non-professional actors, a stunning soul-funk soundtrack, and incredible clothes from Watts’s own Mr. Sal’s Fashion stores. In the vein of SHAFT and DOLEMITE, SOLOMON KING stars Watts as an ex-CIA operative / ex-Green Beret / nightclub owner seeking violent revenge for the murder of his girlfriend by hitmen working for an oil-obsessed Middle Eastern ruler. The film has been digitally restored with the cooperation of the filmmaker’s widow, Belinda Burton-Watts (who appears in the film), utilizing one of the only surviving complete prints of the film from the UCLA Film & TV Archive alongside the original soundtrack elements....