Gayniggers from Outer Space is a 1992 short film, directed by Danish

Denmark

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 filmmaker Morten Lindberg

Morten Lindberg

Morten Lindberg , also known as "Master Fatman," is a well known Danish media personality, comedian, disc jockey, film director and singer....

. The film is a satire of the blaxploitation

Blaxploitation

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 and science fiction

Science fiction

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 genre. The film is also famous for being the namesake of the Gay Nigger Association of America

Gay Nigger Association of America

The Gay Nigger Association of America is an anti-blogging Internet trolling organization that takes their name from the 1992 Danish movie Gayniggers from Outer Space. They have trolled several prominent websites and Internet commentators, including members of the blogosphere, Slashdot, Wikipedia,...

 troll

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 group.

Plot

The film follows a group of intergalactic

Space exploration

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 homosexual

Homosexuality

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 black

Black people

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 men from the planet Anus, who discover the presence of female creatures on planet Earth

Earth

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. Using raygun

Raygun

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s, they proceed to eliminate females one by one from Earth, eliciting gratitude from the previously oppressed male population. Before leaving the planet, they leave behind a "Gay

Homosexuality

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 Ambassador

Ambassador

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" to educate the Earthlings about their new way of life.

Cultural references

The film begins in black-and-white

Black-and-white

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, but later turns to color in a similar way to The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

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. According to Lindberg, this was a "dramatic special effect" to illustrate "the world being freed from vicious women."

Cast

• Coco P. Dalbert - ArmInAss
• Sammy Saloman - Capt. B. Dick
• Gerald F. Hail - D. Ildo
• Gbartokai Dakinah - Sgt. Shaved Balls
• Konrad Fields - Mr. Schwul
• Johnny Conny - Black Gay Ambassador
• Tony Thomas - White Gay Ambassador

External links

• The movie is featured by the Stockholm Queer Film Festival 2006
• HoustonPress coverage: Gayniggers from Outer Space disrupts a Harris County, Texas, courthouse.