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Heavily-customized pimpmobiles appeared in blaxploitation films such as Super Fly, The Mack, and Willie Dynamite as well as mainstream films like Magnum Force, D.C. Cab, Escape from New York, and the James Bond movie Live and Let Die.
Oct 13, 2020 · Nobody can stop me. Not white society, not the law, not my enemies in the streets. No one. That’s what the era of ‘70s Blaxploitation movies was all about—a young man’s fantasy of women ...
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Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s, when the combined momentum of the civil rights movement, the Black power movement, and the Black Panthers spurred black artists to reclaim power over their image, and institutions like UCLA to provide financial assistance for students of color to study filmmaking.
- United States
- 1970s
an insidious film which portrays the Black community at its worst. It glorifies the use of cocaine and casts Blacks in roles which glorify dope-pushers, pimps, and grand theft. That movie and similar blaxploitation movies had an undeniable impact on African Americans coming of age in the 1970s.
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Blaxploitation Films Blaxploitation film is a type of film oriented to black audiences. It developed in the late 1960s and flourished up through the late 1970s. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term blaxploitation was first employed in the June 12, 1972, issue of New York magazine to characterize such films, specifically ...
May 31, 2022 · Ganja & Hess (1973) Kelly-Jordan Enterprises. Dr. Hess Green (Duane Jones) is a prominent anthropologist who, along with his colleague George Meda (Bill Gunn), is studying an age-old African tribe ...
Jun 8, 2018 · There were actually real pimps in the movie, and Curtis Mayfield’s soundtrack made him one of the most sought-after musicians around. The 2018 remake also has a talked-about soundtrack featuring...
