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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 ...
The Black Alley Cats (1973) The Black Angels (1970) [8] [9] Black Belt Jones (1974) [10] Black Belt Jones II – The Tattoo Connection (1978) Black Brigade, a.k.a. Carter's Army (1970) [9] The Black Bunch (1973) Black Caesar (1973) [11] Black Cobra (1987) The Black Connection, a.k.a. Run Nigger Run (1974) Black Devil Doll (2007) Black Devil ...
Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. (1964–present) has been another black actor to depict dying in countless horror films. Creep FX is a horror division of urban films. William Crain (1949–present) is most notable for directing the first blaxploitation horror film, Blacula. In addition to Blacula he also directed Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde.
Super Fly. (1972 film) Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business. The film is well known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul musician Curtis Mayfield.
English. Budget. $3 million [3][4] Box office. $834,953 [4] Hobo with a Shotgun is a 2011 exploitation black comedy action film directed by Jason Eisener and written by John Davies. [5][6] Based on Eisener's fictitious trailer of the same name from Grindhouse (2007), it is the second feature-length adaptation of a fictitious Grindhouse trailer ...
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 ...
The Mack. The Mack is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by California native Michael Campus, starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor. [5][6] The film also stars Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore and Tony-nominated actor Dick Anthony Williams. Filmed in Oakland, California the movie follows the rise and fall of Goldie, who returns ...
Foxy Brown. (film) Foxy Brown is a 1974 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character who takes on a gang of drug dealers who killed her boyfriend. [3] The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Truck Turner.