Exactly!
According to the directors, Papa Doc seemed clueless as to what was happening on-set, even though some scenes required thousands of naked extras. On the other hand, it was understandable that he would approve a project that intended to depict the realities of the slave trade. (Which it does.)
There's a brothel scene in that flick that is a thing of Fellini-like beauty. And a fantasy sequence in which a black-power dude with an afro massacres a white suburban family and destroys their home that is WAY the fuck ahead of its time. Shouldn't be missed.