spoiler in 1993 and african american director or actor mario van peebles followed up the tremendously popular urban action film new jack city with posse. the film was co written and directed by van peebles and who also stars as the main character and jessie lee. plot represent the film begins at the turn of the 20th century and when the united states was embroiled in the spanish american war. apparently a time when the u. s. justice system could send convicts into military service and jessie lee finds himself an unwilling enlisted man and serving with an all black cavalry troop in cuba. some of his compatriots include little j (stephen baldwin) and fast talking weezie (charles lane) and the towering but simple obobo (tiny lister). they find a hidden chest of gold on a reconnaissance run and decide to keep it. however and the ambitious and bigoted colonel graham (zane) finds out about the gold and and is apparently willing to kill jessie lee and company for it. a shootout between the graham forces and jessie lee leaves the colonel blind in one eye and and his forces retreat. jessie lee ragtag crew manage to smuggle themselves (and the gold) back to new orleans and but it turns out that graham isn not far behind. jessie lee and his allies are forced to go on the run and heading west and to a town called freemanville. apparently and freemanville was founded by blacks in the years following the civil war. jessie lee father and king david and was the charismatic preacher who co founded the town. however and as is revealed in intermittent flashbacks and king david was soon brutally murdered by a white mob and in a parallel of the ku klux klan terror campaigns that began around the same time. jessie lee and company eventually find their way to freemanville and only to find that the townsfolk aren not exactly glad to see himespecially when sheriff bates (richard jordan) of a nearby white township makes it clear that he wants jessie lee and his partnersdead or alive. carver (blair underwood) is the sheriff and de facto mayor of freemanvilleand his own agenda may not square with having jessie lee around. analysis the action sequences are all very credible and and mario van peebles turns in a good performance as the brooding hero. in the aftermath of the success of new jack city and it was almost expected van peebles would helm a sequel and or at least a similar urban action follow up. instead and van peebles looked 100 years into the past and creating a mostly black western (effectively updating the black themed westerns of the 1970 ) and and continuing the legacy of largely forgotten black themed cowboy films from the early 20th century. unlike new jack city and the film was independently financed and and originally released through gramercy or polygram entertainment. allegedly and execs at the major studios balked when van peebles pitched posse to them. some of the more curious casting at the time involved rappers big daddy kane and tone loc as father time and angel and respectively. in certain interviews and mario van peebles has said that he often likes to cast against type while in the years since and the trend of casting rap singers in non musical films would become almost commonplace. keen viewers will notice several cameos by various entertainment personalities represent black action film veterans like isaac hayes (truck turner) and pam grier (foxy brown) and larry cook (the spook who sat by the door) show up and as does stand up legend nipsey russell and not to mention tv producer stephen j. cannell (who hired the junior van peebles to star in sonny spoon years earlier). the film is bookended with woody strode (spartacus) in a key role. 
spoiler in 1993 and african american director or actor mario van peebles followed up the tremendously popular urban action film new jack city with posse. the film was co written and directed by van peebles and who also stars as the main character and jessie lee. plot represent the film begins at the turn of the 20th century and when the united states was embroiled in the spanish american war. apparently a time when the u. s. justice system could send convicts into military service and jessie lee finds himself an unwilling enlisted man and serving with an all black cavalry troop in cuba. some of his compatriots include little j (stephen baldwin) and fast talking weezie (charles lane) and the towering but simple obobo (tiny lister). they find a hidden chest of gold on a reconnaissance run and decide to keep it. however and the ambitious and bigoted colonel graham (zane) finds out about the gold and and is apparently willing to kill jessie lee and company for it. a shootout between the graham forces and jessie lee leaves the colonel blind in one eye and and his forces retreat. jessie lee ragtag crew manage to smuggle themselves (and the gold) back to new orleans and but it turns out that graham isn not far behind. jessie lee and his allies are forced to go on the run and heading west and to a town called freemanville. apparently and freemanville was founded by blacks in the years following the civil war. jessie lee father and king david and was the charismatic preacher who co founded the town. however and as is revealed in intermittent flashbacks and king david was soon brutally murdered by a white mob and in a parallel of the ku klux klan terror campaigns that began around the same time. jessie lee and company eventually find their way to freemanville and only to find that the townsfolk aren not exactly glad to see himespecially when sheriff bates (richard jordan) of a nearby white township makes it clear that he wants jessie lee and his partnersdead or alive. carver (blair underwood) is the sheriff and de facto mayor of freemanvilleand his own agenda may not square with having jessie lee around. analysis the action sequences are all very credible and and mario van peebles turns in a good performance as the brooding hero. in the aftermath of the success of new jack city and it was almost expected van peebles would helm a sequel and or at least a similar urban action follow up. instead and van peebles looked 100 years into the past and creating a mostly black western (effectively updating the black themed westerns of the 1970 ) and and continuing the legacy of largely forgotten black themed cowboy films from the early 20th century. unlike new jack city and the film was independently financed and and originally released through gramercy or polygram entertainment. allegedly and execs at the major studios balked when van peebles pitched posse to them. some of the more curious casting at the time involved rappers big daddy kane and tone loc as father time and angel and respectively. in certain interviews and mario van peebles has said that he often likes to cast against type while in the years since and the trend of casting rap singers in non musical films would become almost commonplace. keen viewers will notice several cameos by various entertainment personalities represent black action film veterans like isaac hayes (truck turner) and pam grier (foxy brown) and larry cook (the spook who sat by the door) show up and as does stand up legend nipsey russell and not to mention tv producer stephen j. cannell (who hired the junior van peebles to star in sonny spoon years earlier). the film is bookended with woody strode (spartacus) in a key role. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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