Cinemation Industries

Cinemation Industries was a New York City-based film studio and distributor. Among other films, the company has distributed exploitation films such as Shanty Tramp (1967), Teenage Mother (1967), The Cheerleaders (1973), The Black Six (1974), and The Black Godfather (1974). But the company has also distributed unexpected smash hit independent films like Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song (1971) and Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972). Other films released by the distributor include Peter Fonda's Idaho Transfer (1973), Freddie Francis' Son of Dracula (1974), Alain Resnais' Stavisky (1975), and the film version of Oh! Calcutta! (1972). The company went out of business after 1975, and all of its catalog has been distributed by other companies.