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Filmmaker Isaac Julien uses film clips and interviews to illustrate the history of the so-called "blaxploitation" genre. | add synopsis
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Black Actors Blast Civil Rights Groups Over 'Blaxploitation'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 August 2002)
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Solid overview of Blackxploitation cinema more (4 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Jim Brown | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Larry Cohen | ... | Himself |
| Tamara Dobson | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Ron Finley | ... | Himself |
 | Pam Grier | ... | Herself |
| Ed Guerrero | ... | Himself |
 | Isaac Hayes | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Gloria Hendry | ... | Herself |
| bell hooks | ... | Herself |
| Roy Innis | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jesse Jackson | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Rev. Jesse Jackson) |
 | Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Himself |
| Max Julien | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jim Kelly | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Yaphet Kotto | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Curtis Mayfield | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Elvis Mitchell | ... | Himself |
| Ron O'Neal | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Gordon Parks | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Richard Roundtree | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Afeni Shakur | ... | Herself |
 | Quentin Tarantino | ... | Himself |
| Melvin Van Peebles | ... | Himself |
| Armond White | ... | Himself |
| Fred Williamson | ... | Himself |
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58 min | USA:55 min (TV)
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References 'Sheba, Baby' (1975) more
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A pretty good overview of black cinema in the early '70's. The first ten minutes are taken up with trying to set the political climate of the time, which I don't think is necessary, this is about movies. Clips from all of the major films are shown: "Superfly", "Sweet Sweetback...", "Shaft", etc... Plus nothing is cut out so the viewer is allowed to see the "shocking" stuff. Of the talking heads, Fred Williamson, Larry Cohen and Pam Grier come off as the most interesting, although film historian, Armond White adds a lot. As with most documentaries, there is some head scratching, Afeni Skakur and Quentin Tarantino add nothing and could have been easily dropped. I also have to disagree with "Jackie Brown" being an homage to these films. But those are minor quibbles. Anyone interested in delving into this genre should watch this documentary.