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In US cinema, Blaxploitation is the film subgenre of action movie derived from the exploitation film genre in the early 1970s, consequent to the combined cultural momentum of the Black civil rights movement, the black power movement, and the Black Panther Party, political and sociological circumstances that facilitated Black artists reclaiming their power of the Representation of the Black ...
This is an alphabetical list of films belonging to the blaxploitation genre. ... No Way Back (1976) [70] Norman... Is That You? (1976) O. One Down, Two to Go (1982) [71]
Ken Foree (1946–present) appeared in many genre films throughout the 70s and 80s, is most notable for his role in Dawn of the Dead. Duane Jones (1936–1988) is known for starring in Night of the Living Dead. Pam Grier (1949–present) has started in many blaxploitation horror films, most notably the Blacula sequel Scream Blacula Scream.
Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman [4] and John D. F. Black. [5] It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series.
Willie Dynamite is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Gilbert Moses and starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, and was released by Universal Pictures. The eponymous Willie Dynamite is a pimp in New York City, who strives to be number one in the city.
Last week I binge watched theGrioTV’s marathon of blaxploitation Pam Grier movies and realized that I know nothing about blaxploitation films and The post Blaculas, Voodoo and Hair Grease: a ...
Hit Man is a 1972 American crime film directed by George Armitage [2] and starring Bernie Casey, Pam Grier and Lisa Moore. [3] It is a blaxploitation-themed adaptation of Ted Lewis' 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, more famously adapted as Get Carter (1971), with the action relocated from England to the United States.
Admittedly, I’m a 1970s nerd with the goal of eventually watching every single movie ever made during the decade, so I was instantly sold by the blaxploitation themes that are heavily present ...