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A Brief(ish) History of Blaxploitation Horror Movies

Blaxploitation horror is a vital part of the genre's history with Black stories about supernatural drama, social strife, and pure silliness. ....

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Review: 'Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971' at DIA

This exhibition in Detroit highlights the talent of people who defined a medium with a remarkable degree of equity. ....

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20 Must-Stream Shows and Movies for Black History Month

This February, celebrate the Black experience with these entertaining and informative streaming shows and movies. ....

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10 Essential Movies to Watch for Black History Month

Films starring Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington and Chadwick Boseman offer entertaining and enlightening takes on the Black experience in America. ....

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Odie Henderson with Black Caesars And Foxy Cleopatras - A History of Blaxpoitation Cinema

<i>Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras</i> is a definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre from a distinctive voice in film history and criticism<br/><br/>In 1971, two films grabbed the movie business, shook it up, and launched a genre that would help define the decade. Melvin Van Peebles’s <i>Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song</i>, an independently produced film about a male sex worker who beats up cops and gets away, and Gordon Parks’s <i>Shaft</i>, a studio-financed film with a killer soundtrack, were huge hits, making millions of dollars. <i>Sweetback </i>upended cultural expectations by having its Black rebel win in the end, and <i>Shaft</i> saved MGM from bankruptcy. Not for the last time did Hollywood discover that Black people went to movies too. The Blaxploitation era was born.<br/><br/>Written by Boston Globe film cri ....

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