What are your memories of these movies, their style and impact, that time, etc. What are your favorites?
I like Three the Hard Way and of course, Coffy!
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What are your memories of these movies, their style and impact, that time, etc. What are your favorites?
I like Three the Hard Way and of course, Coffy!
by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 17, 2018 2:41 PM |
Rudy Ray Moore's Dolemite movies are a hoot—basically blaxploitation meets John Waters.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 16, 2018 4:14 AM |
Not legit Blaxploitation but based on them type of movies. Jackie Brown! My favorite scene of that super movie. Feelings in film or tv is where it's at.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 16, 2018 4:19 AM |
Who's the black private DICK who's a sex machine for all the chicks?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 16, 2018 4:19 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 16, 2018 4:23 AM |
Ahhhhh SUPERFLY (starring Curtis Mayfield's badassed soundtrack).
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 16, 2018 6:12 AM |
It's a more obscure title, but "The Muthers" from 1976 is about a band of female-led pirates battling then-modern day slavers in order to liberate a prison camp. The titular ladies include Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, and Jayne Kennedy.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 16, 2018 6:43 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 16, 2018 6:53 AM |
I loved it when mainstream white actors showed up in them like Ed McMahon in Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 16, 2018 7:00 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 16, 2018 8:03 AM |
Shaft has a friend who's a gay bartender.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 16, 2018 8:05 AM |
Friday night colored talk
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 16, 2018 9:24 AM |
Everything on paper deems "Blacula" as grade Z blaxplotation but it's actually a really terrific movie. Funny, some really creepy scenes, a great actor as Blacula and the gorgeous Denise Nicholas. A hit that earned a sequel.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 16, 2018 10:01 AM |
Rudy Ray Moore's "Petey Wheatstraw, The Devil's Son-In-Law". Here is the first four minutes....you're welcome.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 16, 2018 10:07 AM |
The two Cleopatra Jones movies are great. Not so great but worth a laugh - Black Shampoo.
And anyone who loves these movies should check out Black Dynamite.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 16, 2018 10:08 AM |
Cleopatra Jones, for sure!
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 16, 2018 10:09 AM |
Love em.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 16, 2018 11:20 AM |
We all love her as Lt. Uhura on "Star Trek," but she truly earned my respect as Dorinda in "Truck Turner."
by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 16, 2018 1:26 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 16, 2018 1:31 PM |
[quote]We all love her as Lt. Uhura on "Star Trek," but she truly earned my respect as Dorinda in "Truck Turner."
I concur!
Supposedly gorgeous Richard Roundtree did a fleeting full frontal in "Shaft In Africa" but I've never seen it.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 16, 2018 2:27 PM |
In Shaft in Africa, Richard Rountree has an extended nude scene and he was sexy as hell.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 16, 2018 2:34 PM |
All the leads in the most popular movies Roundtree, Ron O'Neal, Jim Kelly, Fred Williamson were all incredibly sexy and didn't mind displaying it.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 16, 2018 2:38 PM |
MANDINGO, featuring the smoking hot Ken Norton.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 16, 2018 2:55 PM |
The granddaddy of them all - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song by Melvin van Peebles. Hung out with him some. Total genius, that guy.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 16, 2018 2:58 PM |
So let's exploit! Fred Williamson and Jim Brown were very generous with their asses, and Jim went on to give Playgirl its greatest moment. Jim's bert ass shot was in I Escaped from Devi's Island.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 16, 2018 3:10 PM |
I had no idea what Blaxploitation films were until i came across a documentary about Roger Corman on tv (it was really weird to see Jack Nicholson crying). They then showed Blacula, Coffy and Sugar Hill. Coffy was a real eye opener lol
by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 16, 2018 3:20 PM |
My mother dated a black guy in the early 70's, so I got to live with his 2 similarly aged sons. Their blue haired grandmother took us to see, "Blacula" , "Die! Blacula, Die!, and "Raw Meat' (white exploitation) without knowing what it was about. I was 9 years old, and had a blast.
Saw this as an adult, and the costumes are so fun (but they're not really shown in this trailer):
by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 16, 2018 3:28 PM |
Did anyone see the Superfly remake? Was it shit?
Curtis Mayfield was superb.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 16, 2018 3:49 PM |
Mandingo? Come on, now.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | August 16, 2018 3:56 PM |
The woman in R30 is Mother Jefferson! (Actress Zara Cully)
by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 16, 2018 3:56 PM |
Coffy... she'll cream you.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 16, 2018 3:57 PM |
R34 I have am original "Coffy" lobby card framed and hanging in my office.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 16, 2018 4:41 PM |
What is a lobby card?
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 16, 2018 5:10 PM |
My all time fave is Black Belt Jones. Everything about it is perfect.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 16, 2018 6:30 PM |
R36 Lobby cards are like posters but smaller, usually 11x14 inch. Typically issued in sets, each featuring a different scene from the film.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 16, 2018 7:07 PM |
Eddie Murphy is working on a Rudy Ray Moore movie for Netflix. I like Eddie Murphy but I don't believe he can capture the genius of Rudy Ray Moore.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | August 16, 2018 7:57 PM |
I'm not sure these films exploited everyday blacks. I was never drawn to any of them and therefore didn't see any...that being said my criticism I suppose is somewhat illegitimate. The producers of these films only gave everyday blacks what they wanted to see. A Raisin in the Sun, Daughters of the Dust, Eve's Bayou and Nothing But a Man and the Wedding are more to my preference.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 16, 2018 9:15 PM |
The everyday blacks were presented as normal, and puzzled by the behavior of the main cast.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 16, 2018 10:45 PM |
Mandingo was not a blaxploitation flick.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | August 17, 2018 12:33 AM |
When I was growing up, on Saturdays, my Dad would take my brother and me to a grindhouse theater that played movies 24/7 for a single price of admission. (The Empire Theater in Over-the-Rhine/Cincinnati is no more). The floors were sticky, and the place full of derelict people just trying to get off the street. So I saw pretty much every Blaxploitation movie, as well as Kung-fu, European horror, motorcycle gang/Billy Jack and any other kind exploitation kind of movie that was in circulation at the time). I remember Richard Rountree, Fred Williamson and yes, Rudy Ray Moore, all happily showing their asses. I don't remember Jim Kelly showing anything other than his chest. My Dad loved Pam Grier (I still do). The other guys at my all-male Catholic school were shocked that bespectacled, nerdy little me had seen things like 'Shaft' and 'Superfly'. But I was raised on that stuff. Now my friends are amazed at how little interest I have in going to movies. I always end up explaining that they can't imagine the countless hours I've spent in my life watching bad movies. At the same time, I can really enjoy the hell out of a bad movie.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | August 17, 2018 12:37 AM |
That is some slumming glamour! Bravo
by Anonymous | reply 45 | August 17, 2018 12:46 AM |
Well, to help give this fine thread some support, here's Jim Brown, in his regal majesty.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 17, 2018 1:06 AM |
I agree r15, Blacula is fantastic. I got interested in the genre last year. Here's an interview with the star, William Marshall. He was an interesting guy and had a beautiful speaking voice.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | August 17, 2018 1:11 AM |
A lot of blaxploitation movies were terrible, but the soundtracks (Shaft, Superfly, Trouble Man) were excellent.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | August 17, 2018 1:18 AM |
I told this story here before. I went to the CHILLER autograph show in Jersey a few years ago. Pam Grier was a headliner. I told her that I had read thirty celebrity autobiographies that summer (true) and that hers was the best (true). She jumped up and gave me a big hug. Then she grabbed her bag and pulled out some 45 rpm records. She told me she had just digitized her collection and she grabbed one, Sly & The Family Stone "Everybody Is A Star", personalized to me and signed it as a thank you. She was very cool and honestly if you want a great read, get her book "Foxy", even if it's from the library.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | August 17, 2018 2:23 AM |
Isaac Hayes' Truck Turner soundtrack is a good album. I listen to it about 1x a year.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 17, 2018 2:33 AM |
R50, I love that story! And this isn't Blaxploitation, but Pam Grier deserved an Academy Award nomination for 'Ft Apache - The Bronx'. She was a truly terrifying, force of nature. The best part of that movie.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 17, 2018 2:36 AM |
Foxy Brown - hilarious lesbian bar fight scene.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 17, 2018 2:40 AM |
Yes, r49, Trouble Man is one of my favorite albums. So under appreciated.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | August 17, 2018 4:53 AM |
The Mack is one of the best movies out there from that time period. I wish it got the same attention and remembrance as Shaft and Superfly. It actually told a great story about the pimping game.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 17, 2018 5:22 AM |
The Mack also had a great soundtrack by Willie Hutch. This one is my favorite.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 17, 2018 5:24 AM |
R58 I also love "I Choose You" from that soundtrack
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 17, 2018 5:27 AM |
DOLOMITE!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | August 17, 2018 5:30 AM |
My favorite Blaxploitation song: James Brown "The Boss" from Black Caesar
by Anonymous | reply 62 | August 17, 2018 5:31 AM |
[quote]I love that story! And this isn't Blaxploitation, but Pam Grier deserved an Academy Award nomination for 'Ft Apache - The Bronx'. She was a truly terrifying, force of nature. The best part of that movie.
Not going to spoil it but she tells a really funny story about her audition for that movie in the book and she shows great respect for the Philippines portion of her career. Like I said, a great read. Tarantino should adapt it.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 17, 2018 2:12 PM |
[quote]What is a lobby card?
In the good old days of grand movie theatres, they would have poster frames. A movie poster in the industry is a called a one sheet. A film could have many different size posters. In theater they would have a poster case with the one sheet in the middle and then smaller frames surrounding it with scenes from the film. Lobby cards usually came in sets of eight. These were still being produced in the eighties
by Anonymous | reply 64 | August 17, 2018 2:22 PM |
Could these films be successful today, do you think? Which group would object most?
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