The film(s) the man doesn’t want you to see” is printed boldly across the poster, cueing a familiar logic in Black film history: exposure does not guarantee legitimacy. It gestures toward the 1970s ...

We speak with author and culture critic Odie Henderson about his latest book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema. Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras is a spirited ...

I recently watched J.D.’s Revenge and discovered it has only been reviewed by 10 critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It also only has 50% on the site, which is a travesty. This movie is actually really ...

Ice-T Looks at the history of 1970s Blaxploitation cinema and its continuing influence. 5 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows to Watch Best of Late Night TV: Salma Hayek's Pup Quiz Best of Late Night TV: Ice T's ...

When Halle Berry and Denzel Washington won Oscars in this year’s much discussed Black Hollywood moment, they paid their respects to Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier, not to Pam Grier and Richard ...

ComingSoon is excited to team with Shout! TV for a Blaxploitation Classics, Vol. 1 4K giveaway to promote Shout! TV’s upcoming Blaxploitation marathon. On June 14, the streaming channel will run an ...

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) -- University of Wisconsin at Madison. The sixties were a tremendously important time of transition for both civil rights activism and the U.S. film industry.

1. From Birth to Blaxploitation: Hollywood's Inscription of Slavery -- 2. Slaves, Monsters, and Others: Racial Fragment, Metaphor, and Allegory on the Commercial Screen -- 3. The Rise and Fall of ...