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This is an alphabetical list of films belonging to the blaxploitation genre. ... Lawrenc, Novotny (2007). Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s: Blackness and Genre ...
Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s, when the combined momentum of the civil rights movement, the black power movement, and the Black Panthers spurred African-American artists to reclaim the power of depiction of their ethnicity, and institutions like UCLA to provide financial assistance for African-American ...
Shaft (1971 film) Shaft in Africa; Shaft's Big Score! Shaolin Dolemite; Sheba, Baby; Slaughter (1972 film) Slaughter's Big Rip-Off; Solomon King (film) The Soul of Nigger Charley; Soul Soldier; Space Is the Place; Sparkle (1976 film) Speeding Up Time; The Spook Who Sat by the Door (film) Sugar Hill (1974 film) Super Fly T.N.T. Super Fly (1972 ...
Blacula, filmed in 1972, was the first ever blaxploitation horror film. The film was directed by William Crain and starred William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, and Denise Nicholas. The film was a parody of the popular film Dracula. In the film Blacula, played by William Marshall, an African prince named Mamuwalde is bitten by Count Dracula (Charles ...
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. The plot revolves around a private detective named John Shaft who is hired by a Harlem ...
Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard a rhymed toast about an urban hero named Dolemite from a regular at the record store where ...
Box office. $4 million (US/Canada rentals)[5][6] or $2 million [7] or $12 million [4] Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction.
English. Budget. $2.9 million. Box office. $296,557 [2] Black Dynamite is a 2009 American blaxploitation [3][4][5] action comedy film starring Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, and Salli Richardson. The film was directed by Scott Sanders and co-written by White, Sanders, and Byron Minns, who also co-stars. The plot centers on former CIA agent ...