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Joseph P. Mawra

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    Shanty Tramp

    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…

    Chained Girls

    CHAINED GIRLS

    JOSEPH P. MAWRA United States, 1965

    This jaw-dropping non-documentary by sleaze sultan Joseph P. Mawra pulls out all the stops to paint a picture of the “plight” of the lesbian, circa 1965. Of course, it’s just a grindhouse picture for the raincoat crowd–but it’s also an amazing “accidental documentary” of mid-60s Greenwich Village.

    Murder in Mississippi

    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.

    Olga's House of Shame

    OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME

    JOSEPH P. MAWRA United States, 1964

    The notorious exploitation entry that jumpstarted an entire “roughie” genre of S&M-tinged exploitation films. Audrey Cambell plays Olga, a sadistic jewel-thieving madame who hides in an abandoned mine and exacts all kinds of misery upon those who defy her—all told in oddball semi-documentary style.

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