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- The Big Doll House, 1971. At the dilapidated Prison del Inferno, 150 scantily-clad women incarcerated for prostitution, espionage and murder are forced to work hard labour by scowling head warden Lucian (Kathryn Loder).
- Coffy, 1973. A clear influence on Quentin Tarantino films like Jackie Brown and Kill Bill, Coffy finds Grier’s titular hospital nurse seeking justice after her young sister falls victim to the 70s LA drugs epidemic.
- Foxy Brown, 1974. Originally released as a double-bill with crime thriller Truck Turner (starring funk-and-soul superstar Isaac Hayes), Foxy Brown was actually intended to be a straight-up sequel to Hill and Grier’s previous hit, Coffy, until studio execs pulled a last-minute U-turn.
- Friday Foster, 1975. ‘Wham! Bam! Here comes Pam!’ , reads the tagline on the poster to Arthur Marks’ 1975 thriller Friday Foster – well and truly confirming the star power that Grier had commanded by the mid-70s.
Mar 3, 2024 · Her great work — often in the Blaxploitation genre where she frequently steps into the shoes of badass, powerful women — led Grier to quickly rise to fame and carve a legacy of her own ...
- Daniela Gama
Feb 26, 2024 · Grier says the term blaxploitation "was basically like a conspiracy" to keep her films out of theatres. "All the movies started being like mine because we were staying in the theatres too long ...
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Mar 4, 2024 · The poster for Jack Hill’s 1973 blaxploitation classic, Coffy, promises “the baddest one-chick hit squad to ever hit town. She’ll cream you!”. The hit squad in question was Pam Grier, the ...
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There are three types of women you find in Blaxploitation films: The Heroine, The Honey and The Ho’. Sometimes these appeared as individual characters and at other times one woman embodied all three. Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, Denise Nicholas and Vonetta McGee are four of the most recognizable “blacktresses” of blaxploitation and each one ...
Box office. $4 million (US/Canada rentals) [4] [5] or $2 million [6] Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction.
Sep 29, 2023 · Coffy saw Pam Grier as the main propulsive force in a Blaxploitation movie, breaking ground for later female roles such as Ripley in Alien, Sarah Connor in Terminator and Nakia in Black Panther.
