Lakitha Tolbert
1 min readMar 18, 2023

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I was born in 1969. Back then we still had drive-ins in the Midwest and my mom used to take me and my brothers with her to the movies as she was a total movie buff ( and remained so until her death a year ago). We were supposed to fall asleep in the back seat as usual but I this occasion I didn't and I don't think she knew I was awake.

The name of the movie was some blaxploitation movie called The Human Tornado. I don't know how old I was but I have the distinct memory of watching it from the back seat of the car while my little brothers slept next to me.

After that, there were a couple more. Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection, and one of the Hammer Dracula films both on TV. I was very very young when I watched those. I also distinctly remember watching a Harryhausen movie, Jason and the Argonauts, the one with the fighting skeletons, and the original Godzilla with Raymond Burr.

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Lakitha Tolbert
Lakitha Tolbert

Written by Lakitha Tolbert

(She/Her) Busybody librarian from Ohio.

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