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Reflections on Blaxploitation - Actors and Directors Speak (Hardcover)
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Reflections on Blaxploitation - Actors and Directors Speak (Hardcover)
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In the early 1970s, a new breed of film emerged that would
completely change the way black people were presented in movies.
With their afros picked to spherical perfection and their guns
blazing, big bad soul brothers and super sexy sisters lit up movie
theaters across the country. Never before had black men and women
appeared on screen in quite this way. In time, these films would be
called "blaxploitation." And while it has long been debated exactly
which film launched the blaxploitation era, the financial success
of Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and
Gordon Parks's Shaft helped open the flood gates for the more than
200 films that are now considered blaxploitation. Reflections on
Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak is a collection of
interviews with many of the men and women who defined the genre. In
candid conversations, some of the most important figures of the era
describe what it was like to work on these films and what impact
they had on American culture. Among those interviewed are such
icons as Jim Brown (Slaughter), Antonio Fargas (Foxy Brown), Gloria
Hendry (Hell Up in Harlem), Jim Kelly (Black Belt Jones), Ron
O'Neal (Superfly), William Marshall (Blacula), and Fred Williamson
(Hammer). Also featured here are some of the most influential names
behind the scenes, including Larry Cohen (Black Caesar), Oscar
Williams (Five on the Black Hand Side), and Melvin Van Peebles.
This volume also includes a filmography of every known (or rumored)
blaxploitation film, including their availability on VHS and DVD.
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