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Django Unchained is certainly Quentin Tarantinos most commercially-successful film and is arguably also his most controversial. Fellow director Spike Lee has denounced the representation of race and slavery in the film; while many African American writers have defended the white auteur. The use of extremely graphic violence in the film; even by Tarantinos standards; at a time when gun control is being hotly debated; has sparked further controversy and has led to angry outbursts by the director himself. Moreover; Django Unchained has become a popular culture phenomenon; with t-shirts; highly contentious action figures; posters; and strong DVD/BluRay sales. The topic (slavery and revenge); the setting (a few years before the Civil War); the intentionally provocative generic roots (Spaghetti Western and Blaxploitation) and the many intertexts and references (to German and French culture) demand a thorough examination. Befitting such a complex film; the essays collected here represent a diverse group of scholars who examine Django Unchained from many perspectives.