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Joseph P. Mawra

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    SHANTY TRAMP

    JOSEPH G. PRIETO United States, 1967

    This extraordinarily tawdry sleaze-fest of Southern Gothic melodrama emerged from the disturbed mind of exploitation legend (and circus freak) K. Gordon Murray, working alongside Cuban director Joseph G. Prieto. So much about this film that is just plain wrong it’s hard to know where to start…

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    MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI

    JOSEPH P. MAWRA United States, 1965

    From the prolific (and mysterious) exploitation director Joseph P. Mawra comes this noir-lit and furious grindhouse affair about a racist police force. Based on a true story, much of the material boldly confronts American race relations even as its underscored by a low-budget, sleazy aesthetic.

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