First of all, a precision: above the release date of Coonskin is stated as 1974, not 1975 as in most of the usual sources (except, notably, German Wikipedia) but since the film's own opening credits refer 1974 as production year, The MacMahonian, although usually not exactly retentive as far as historiographic deontology goes, nonetheless decided to go for the primary source.
Coonskin being, of course, Ralph Bakshi's 3rd feature film and therefore the 3rd entry of the current series of reviews.
It tells the story of zoomorphic African-Americans Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who are driven from hardship from the Deep South to Harlem where they start a life of bohemian cartoon crime.
The film further refines Bakshi's style, the animation maturing and the integrated live action developing to a new level – toons with a live background, live action with an animation background, and even alternate live and toon incarnations for several characters – with vulgarity sharply reduced and gory cartoon violence moderately so, while subject matter, to the extent that there's one, and remaining goings on, are similar, these being an intended ironic take at blaxploitation – which at the time earned the film some critical flak – random sketches making fun of futile hipster lip-service to fighting racism etc, none-too-subtle satire of social and racial alienation and repression, all with a newfound wink to mainstream cartoon culture, e.g. the film's poster spoof of the concentric circle Looney Tunes logo, wrapped up in a Z-movie luna park-punk approach to non-story telling. Occasionally funny, otherwise for canonists only.