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List Of Blaxploitation Films
This is an alphabetical list of films belonging to the blaxploitation genre. A :*''Aaron Loves Angela'' (1975) :*''Abar, the First Black Superman'' a.k.a. ''In Your Face'' (1977) :*''Abby (film), Abby'' (1974)Lawrenc 2007, pp. 59, 108 :*''Across 110th Street'' (1972) :*''Action Jackson (1988 film), Action Jackson'' (1988) :*''Adios Amigo (1976 film), Adiós Amigo'' (1976) :*''Alice (2022 film), Alice'' (2022) :*''Amazing Grace (1974 film), Amazing Grace'' (1974) B :*''Baadasssss!'' (2003) :*''Bad Black & Beautiful'' (1973) :*''The Bad Bunch'' (1973) :*''Bamboo Gods and Iron Men'' (1974) :*''Bare Knuckles'' (1977) :*''The Baron'' (1977) :*''Beat Street'' (1984) :*''Big Time (1977 film), Big Time'' (1977) :*''The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'' (1976) :*''Black (2008 film), Black'' (2008) :*''BlacKkKlansman'' (2018) :*''The Black Alley Cats'' (1973) :*''The Black Angels'' (1970) :*''Black Belt Jones '' (1974) :*'' The Tattoo Connection, Black Belt Jones 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaxploitation
In American 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 ethnic identity in the arts. The term ''blaxploitation'' is a portmanteau of the words ''Black'' and ''exploitation'', coined by Junius Griffin, president of the Beverly Hills–Hollywood branch of the NAACP in 1972. In criticizing the Hollywood portrayal of the multiracial society of the US, Griffin said that the ''blaxploitation'' genre was "proliferating offenses" to and against the black community, by perpetuating racist stereotypes of inherent criminality. After the cultural misrepresentation of black people in the race films of the 1940s, the 1950s, and the 1960s, the Blaxploi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BlacKkKlansman
''BlacKkKlansman'' is a 2018 American biographical film, biographical Crime film, crime comedy-drama film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Lee, loosely based on the 2014 memoir ''Black Klansman'' by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace. It also features Harry Belafonte's last performance before his death in April 2023. Set in the 1970s in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, it follows the first African Americans, African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate and expose the local Ku Klux Klan chapter. The film was produced by Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Shaun Redick, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, and Jordan Peele. It was packaged by Andy Frances, Stallworth's manager. QC Entertainment purchased the film rights to the book in 2015. Lee signed on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Godfather
''The Black Godfather'' is a 1974 American blaxploitation film written and directed by John Evans and starring Rod Perry, Don Chastain, Diane Sommerfield and Jimmy Witherspoon. The plot is about J.J. (Rod Perry), a rising star in the black crime scene, who is in the process of consolidating his power over the neighborhood. One of the only remaining obstacles is the white heroin cartel that is reluctant to abandon such a lucrative market. Tensions rise, and an explosive confrontation is the result. Plot The movie begins with an overview of a city skyline. J.J. (Rod Perry) and his friend are seen walking down a street; they stop and one of the men points to a house. They proceed to walk up the stairs that lead to the front door. As Tommy opens the door he pulls out a gun that jams on him. The person inside the house shoots him and proceeds outside to shoot the other man. Tommy dies in the arms of J.J. in an alley; so the other man walks away and is met by Nate Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Girl (1972 Film)
''Black Girl'' is an American family drama film with a screenplay by J.E. Franklin, based on her 1969 play, and directed by Ossie Davis. The film explores issues and experiences of black womanhood in the 1970s, including how black women were depicted and common stereotypes of the period. According to Melvin Donalson in ''Black Directors in Hollywood'', "''Black Girl'' is a film that explores the intricate and sometimes painful connections between mothers and daughters." Plot Billie Jean, the youngest of three half-sisters, lives with her mother Mama Rosie and grandmother M'Dear. She desperately wishes to avoid the fate of her two sisters Norma Faye and Ruth Ann, neither of whom finished high school and are now stuck married with kids. Billie Jean dreams of becoming a successful dancer, but her mother and sisters belittle her attempts to improve herself. Mama Rosie compares her daughters unfavorably with the more ambitious Netta, a young lady from the neighborhood. When Netta com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Gestapo
''The Black Gestapo'' (also released as ''Ghetto Warriors'') is a 1975 American crime film about a vigilante named General Ahmed, who starts an inner-city "People's Army" to protect the black citizens of Watts. However, when the Army succeeds in chasing the mob out of town, Ahmed is replaced by his colleague Colonel Kojah, who reforms the movement into a National Socialist criminal organization in order to have complete control over the town. It was written and directed by Lee Frost, and stars Rod Perry, Charles P. Robinson, Phil Hoover, Ed Cross and features a cameo from Russ Meyer regular Uschi Digard. It depicts African-American men dressed as Nazis and contains many scenes of violence (including a castration scene) and soft-core nudity. Cast * Rod Perry as General Ahmed * Charles P. Robinson as Colonel Kojah * Phil Hoover as Vito * Ed Cross as Delmay * Angela Brent as Marsha * Wes Bishop as Ernest * Lee Frost as Vincent * Dona Desmond as White whore * Charles Howerton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Eye (film)
''Black Eye'' is a 1974 American neo-noir action film, action Blaxploitation, blaxploitation film produced by Pat Rooney, directed by Jack Arnold (director), Jack Arnold and starring Fred Williamson. The film was based on the 1971 novel ''Murder on the Wild Side'' by Jeff Jacks. Plot A Los Angeles private investigator, Stone, is enlisted to investigate multiple murders that are connected to a cane that was stolen from a deceased Silent film, silent movie star. Stone is drawn into intrigues involving a young woman who has run away from home to join a religious cult, and ultimately uncovers a heroin ring. Cast * Fred Williamson as Shepherd "Shep" Stone * Rosemary Forsyth as Miss Francis * Teresa Graves as Cynthia * Richard Anderson as Dole * Richard X. Slattery as Bowen * Larry D. Mann, Larry Mann as Avery * Brett Morrison as Majors * Susan Arnold as Amy * Frank Ashmore as Chess * Theodore Wilson as Lindy * Belinda Balaski as Mary * Nick Ramus Production ''Black Eye'', original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Emanuelle 2
''Black Emanuelle 2'' (Italian: ''Emanuelle nera nº 2'', also known as ''The New Black Emanuelle'' and ''Black Emanuelle No 2''), is a 1976 Italian psychological drama-sexploitation film directed by Bitto Albertini. It is an unofficial sequel of ''Black Emanuelle''.Manlio Gomarasca. "Nero su bianco - Emanuelle nera n° 2" in AA.VV. ''Al tropico del sesso'', ''Nocturno Dossier'' (35). November 2005. p. 32. Background Nominally a sequel to Albertini's successful 1975 sexploitation film ''Black Emanuelle'', ''Black Emanuelle 2'' differs greatly in plot. It stars Israeli actress Shulamith Lasri (in her sole film) as Emanuelle Richmond Morgan, a supermodel in a state of profound amnesia confined to a mental institution in New York City. Lasri credited as "Emanuelle Nera". The lead actor, as in the first film, is Angelo Infanti; he plays an entirely different character, however. The film was shot was variously shot in Rome, New York City and Venice. Plot Emanuelle Richmond Morgan (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Emanuelle
''Black Emanuelle'' (Italian language, Italian: ''Emanuelle nera'') is a Softcore pornography, softcore sexploitation film from 1975 directed by Bitto Albertini. The film was set in Africa and shot mostly in Kenya. The music was composed by Nico Fidenco. ''Black Emanuelle'' was followed by a number of sequels, all revolving around the erotic adventures of Mae Jordan (played by Laura Gemser), a globe-trotting, hedonistic investigative journalist and photographer known to her readers as "Emanuelle". Her character has been described as "a strong and independent woman, sexually proactive, at the centre of wealthy young and old white men of power, and involved in any sort of depraved set and situation." Plot Journalist and photographer Mae Jordan (Laura Gemser) publishes her work under the name Emanuelle. She accepts an assignment from a diplomatic couple in Nairobi, and starts a sexual relationship with both. Together they teach her the ways of the country and love. Cast * Laura Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Dynamite
''Black Dynamite'' is a 2009 American blaxploitation 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 Black Dynamite, who must avenge his brother's death while cleaning the streets of a new drug that is ravaging the community. The film is a parody of and homage to 1970s action and blaxploitation films. It had a trailer and funding even before a script was written. ''Black Dynamite'' was shot in 20 days in Super 16 format. The film was released in the United States on October 16, 2009, for only two weeks (with an "official" premiere at the Toronto After Dark film festival) and was well received by critics. It was released on home video on February 16, 2010. Plot In the early 1970s, Black Dynamite, a Vietnam War veteran and former CIA officer, skilled in kung fu, vows to clean up the streets o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Cobra (film Series)
''Black Cobra'' (''Cobra nero'' in Italy) is an Italian Blaxploitation series of four action films. All of its films are centered on Robert "Bob" Malone (Fred Williamson), a maverick police detective who deals out his own brand of justice. Overview The following are plot summaries for the entire ''Black Cobra'' series. ''Black Cobra'' The film was released in 1987, directed by Stelvio Massi. When a beautiful photographer ( Eva Grimaldi) witnesses a murder committed by the leader (Bruno Bilotta) of a vicious motorcycle gang, it's up to Malone to protect her. The gang throws everything they've got at Malone to eliminate the eyewitness, but Malone is tough-as-nails. The plot and title of the film are derived from the 1986 film ''Cobra'' starring Sylvester Stallone. ''Black Cobra 2'' The film was released in 1989, directed by Edoardo Margheriti. Malone is back and this time he finds himself in the Philippines due to a law-enforcement exchange program that his boss ordered. While pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Caesar (film)
''Black Caesar'' (stylized as ''Black Cæsar'' and released in UK cinemas as ''Godfather of Harlem'') is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry and Julius Harris. It features a musical score ('' Black Caesar'') by James Brown (with heavy input from his bandleader Fred Wesley), his first experience with writing music for film. A sequel titled ''Hell Up in Harlem'' was released in late 1973.Gary A. Smith, ''The American International Pictures Video Guide'', McFarland 2009 p 25 Plot Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is an African-American who grew up in Harlem, New York City. As a kid, he was brutally assaulted by a cop named McKinney. As an adult, he joins the New York mafia and becomes the head of a black crime syndicate in Harlem. He wages a gang war with the Italian mobsters of New York City and begins to establish a criminal empire, keeping a ledger book of all his dealings as leverage over h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
