Thomasine & Bushrod is a 1974 blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., written by and starring Max Julien.
The title song was written by Arthur Lee and performed by his band Love.
Plot
Vonetta McGee plays Thomasine and Julien plays Bushrod in a film intended as a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
Thomasine and Bushrod go on a crime spree through the American south between 1911 and 1915, acting as Robin Hood type heroes who steal from rich, white capitalists, then give to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
Available on DVD as of July 5, 2011
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00579FVV2/ref ... _pe_epc_d3
Note under the title...
"DRIVEN BY LOVE...AND BANK ROBBING"
I like to think this is meant to be a pun....Driven by LoVE!
HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS...WHAT IS THE SONG?
