Darius James

Darius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist. He is the author of ''That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury)'', an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and ''Negrophobia: An Urban Parable'', a satirical novel written in screenplay form.

His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion. James lives in Hamden, Connecticut.

He appeared in the 2006 film ''Black Deutschland'' (James had lived in Berlin). He co-wrote and appeared in a feature-length film released in 2013, ''The United States of Hoodoo''. Provided by Wikipedia