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Title: 11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
Post by: TomSea on June 08, 2018, 02:52:58 pm
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11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
By Jevon Phillips and David Lewis
Jun 08, 2018 | 7:05 AM

Blaxploitation is back. The film genre, first launched by African American actors and directors in the ‘70s to show what some considered controversial slices of life in their communities, makes its return to the big screen in the upcoming “SuperFly” remake. Given that, The Times thought it was a good time to look back at the films that originally came to define the genre, and the era. Here are some of the most influential blaxploitation films:

"Cotton Comes to Harlem" | 1970

One of the earliest films to be identified in the blaxploitation era, "Cotton Comes to Harlem" literally linked what was happening in the late ’60s/early ’70s to slavery through a well-known symbol: cotton. Money that was meant to be used in a back-to-Africa movement is stolen and all heck breaks loose. The money, it's later found, was hidden in a bale of cotton that was lost from a getaway vehicle, and a local scavenger picks it up. Harlem detectives, mob leaders and the community clash, while the scavenger, Uncle Budd, runs off with the stolen money and settles down in Ghana.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-blaxploitation-movies-20180608-story.html (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-blaxploitation-movies-20180608-story.html)

I think the article says 'Superfly' is being remade.
Title: Re: 11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
Post by: TomSea on June 08, 2018, 02:56:15 pm
Maybe "Get Christy Love", a tv show, was this genre:

(http://i.pinimg.com/736x/d6/69/22/d6692204f0286fee7822aaffb6083362.jpg)

I watched one of these movies from post #1 not that long ago. Maybe "Black Caesar".
Title: Re: 11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
Post by: Frank Cannon on June 08, 2018, 03:02:48 pm
Maybe "Get Christy Love", a tv show, was this genre:

(http://i.pinimg.com/736x/d6/69/22/d6692204f0286fee7822aaffb6083362.jpg)

I watched one of these movies from post #1 not that long ago. Maybe "Black Caesar".

If it doesn't have Pam Grier in it, it ain't shit....

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BTW the alternate title to "The Black Connection" is hilarious.



Title: Re: 11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
Post by: EasyAce on June 08, 2018, 10:16:39 pm
I didn't exactly think the films were the pinnacle of the art, but I love the soundtracks . . .

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Title: Re: 11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
Post by: WingNot on June 08, 2018, 10:38:08 pm
If it doesn't have Pam Grier in it, it ain't shit....



BTW the alternate title to "The Black Connection" is hilarious.

Add these to your VHS collection

Black Mama, White Mama: Classic Pam Grier boobifest!

Petey Wheatstraw: This gem is about man who was born as a full-grown nine-year-old and, ummm, shared his mother's womb with a watermelon.   I shit you not!

Cooley High.  Remember Fred Berry....Rerun.  This is the movie that gave us "What's Happening"  Movie suck tho.

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman:  I know Jesus himself would be proud of this one.

To be continued gotta see a man about a prostitute....
Title: Re: 11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
Post by: Neverdul on June 08, 2018, 10:52:41 pm
I can't believe that "Cleopatra Schwartz" didn't make the list.

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Title: Re: 11 blaxploitation movies that helped define the genre
Post by: WingNot on June 08, 2018, 11:07:14 pm
Okay a few more:

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song:  A classic story about a gigolo with a magical penis that runs from the police after being set up for a murder he didn't commit.

The Mack:  Stars: Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor   See it for Richie's bad acting.  LOL