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8 Awesome Movies That Call Back To The Blaxploitation Films Of The ‘70s
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRichard Roundtree in Shaft. Blaxploitation is back, baby! But honestly, did it ever really go away?...
From Eddie Murphy in Top Comedic Form to O.J. Simpson Uncovered: 10 Essential Movies for Black...
People via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCheck out classics like 'Beverly Hills Cop,' 'Boomerang,' 'Malcolm X' and more Everett; Paramount...
'There were no filmmakers of color': How Robert Townsend changed the game with self-financed 1987...
Yahoo Movies via AOL· 1 year agoRobert Townsend in 'Hollywood Shuffle' (Everett Collection/MGM) How scarce were opportunities for...
'I thought it was career suicide': Ice-T on playing a cop in 'New Jack City'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA scene from "New Jack City" featuring, from left, Russell Wong, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson and...
Celebrating Black film's golden era tropes, from 'Bullitt' and 'Shaft' to 'Scarface'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1968, America's film industry was in a steep decline. The onset of television's rise, coupled...
The 35 most absurd titles ever in honour of Pennyworth’s ‘preposterous’ name change
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA bad title might make you not register a prticular film or TV show – but a truly terrible one will...
A Brief(ish) History of Blaxploitation Horror Movies
Nerdist via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Blaxploitation film era is, for better or worse, a cornerstone in the foundation of modern Black history. The subgenre, a portmanteau of Black and...
‘Is that Black Enough for You?!?’ Elvis Mitchell’s History of Black Cinema Is a Tour de Force
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe longtime movie critic's documentary is both the personal journey of a lifelong moviegoer and a...
‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’ Review: Elvis Mitchell’s Intoxicating Deep Dive into the Black...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHis conceit is that the very existence of these movies was life-changing, because African-American...
Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Super Fly’ Soundtrack: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom the real-life events that inspired the songs to why Mayfield described the film as a "cocaine...