#blackploitation

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I feel like a sexy blackploitation character when I wear my hair out in an Afro.

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Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970) ♡

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Intro to Black Belt Jones (1974) starring Jim Kelly

This whole movie is so god damn iconic, if nothing else watch just for the music.

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Batman: Soul of the Dragon*MINOR SPOILERS*

Broooooo! This movie is off the freaking hook! Okay Batman + 70s + Kung-Fu Movie tropes + Blaxploitation Movie tropes?!?!?!?! I was living my best life the entire hour and some change.

Some of my notes during my watch time because honestly…what was i really thinking:

ngl movie is funny as hell

we love the 70s vibe

Richard Dragon=Bruce Lee

Shiva is a BADASS

Ben whooped Bruce’s ass no bullshit, but Bruce showed some balls to keep fighting

Shiva has some of the best lines: 1) “I’ll take the girl, her looks offend me.” “I am the weapon”

I don’t know what i was thinking really, but as a solo Batman movie: Shit is GASSSSSS! I would love to see the world that this opened up be explored some more. All of the fight scenes were really freaking good, the relationship that our main cast had was charming and giving very much dysfunctional family.

AND BENNNNNN!!11!! I GOTTA TALK ABOUT THE BLACK PEOPLEEEE!!! I’m sorry but his swag, his heart, his humor. I love it🤤 Definitely reminds me of the character Williams from Enter The Dragon. And maybe this is me, but the sex appeal was just effortless from him. He was someone the kids looked up too and I just wish we saw more of his story.

But, overall this was a well rounded story, with a great array of characters, mixed in reality with fantasy, good kung-fu storyline and i want to see more of this now a days. Out of five, I give it a solid 4.

Hope y’all have a wonderful Thursday and a early start to the weekend <3

[travsd]

"Cotton Comes to Harlem" at 50

“Cotton Comes to Harlem” at 50

Thanks to Criterion once again we took the opportunity to fill in a gap in our cinematic education last night. We’have had the occasion to mention Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) many times on this blog on account to having written about many of its principal artists, but hadn’t ever seen the legendary film, which many credit with launching the “blackploitation” genre. I hadn’t given it urgency on…

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#exploitationfilm #blackploitation Black Shampoo 1976

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We were treated to a first look from "The Son of Shaft". What do you think? #shaft #samuelljackson #richardroundtree #jessetusher #sequel #blackploitation #thecolorcommentary

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JOE BULLET - A Day For Night Review

A review by @forrisday

Joe Bullet, the ladies love him and men fear him. 

Joe (Ken Gampu) is the hero of the movie “Joe Bullet.” It was released in 1973, and has an all African cast and was banned by the apartheid government when it was originally released. It is a low budget film but a fun one to watch.

The story revolves around the main character, Joe Bullet, as he battles the bad guys to try to rescue two star players of the soccer team, The Eagles.

 Without these two players the championship soccer game, which is only one week away, will probably be a loss. The players have been kidnapped by corrupt gangsters who want to change the outcome of the championship in their favor. Can Joe find the players and defeat the criminals? He'll have to put all his martial arts skills to use and hopefully have a bit of luck as he's attacked by assassins, fighters, and booby traps.

The movie has all the elements you would expect in a 1970s low budget flick. Misaligned audio, bad acting, and cheesy effects, but of course these are what make these films so darned fun and enjoyable to watch. Interestingly, it may be the soccer aspect of the film that may turn off an American audience as soccer isn't as huge here as it is in other countries although I believe the sport is gaining momentum.

The film has been restored on this DVD and the picture quality is great. The audio is misaligned at times, but that was original to the film as I assume much of the dialog was overdubbed in post-production. I really enjoyed watching Abigail Kubeka as Joe's love interest Beauty. She sings, isn't afraid of anyone and, well, is easy on the eyes. Don't tell Joe Bullet I was looking at her though. He'll kick my ass.

Cheesy? Sure. Bad actors? An abundance. Is it worth a watch? Heck yea!

Click here to purchase Joe Bullet

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Throwback Thursday Review: Superfly by Curtis Mayfield (1972)

Duff’s Necessary Albums #11

Boy this album is so smooth. There’s just something about 70s music that gets me. This album just jives while also highlighting some plights of the African American community at the time. The lack of resolution for some of them gives the album a jagged quality. This album is a partial film soundtrack to a blackploitation film. That genre highlighted those topics and presented them in a more exaggerated way. I can only imagine what new perspective the music will bring with the visual accompaniment. Stellar album.

Key Tracks: “Little Child Runnin’ Wild”, “Freddie’s Dead”, “Give Me Your Love”, “Think”

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The “Key” to Representation

My friend and I stopped off to get a burger at our favorite place in Burbank on our way to get a key at her friend’s house last night and we found ourselves in an interesting conversation - one we’ve had millions of times. 

Breaking into the entertainment industry. We know people adjacent to the right people, we send hundreds of applications, we go on awkward coffee meet n’ greets, we aspire to finally write something down and shoot it ourselves - and yet the biggest, most difficult things stands in our way - time and money. 

This particular night, we found ourselves discussing being a minority trying to make it in the industry.

A storm of agreeable and passionate conversation ensued. 

[FULL DISCLOSURE - I’m a white guy whose minority status as a member of the lgbtq community can be hidden away fairly easily (I understand that), my lovely and closest friend in LA is of Jordanian descent and a woman (she finds it a bit more difficult to hide this).] 

She describes how being part of a group built by and for women to take an active role in production is the first place that has given her a chance to get on set. How awesome is that!? I’m incredibly happy for her - after months of dragging her feet, contemplating moving back home and giving up on this big stupid dream, she joined this group by word of a friend and finally started getting work. Yipee!

I recently went on one of my best interviews to date (at a name-brand studio no less!) and didn’t get the show. The culprit: my race and gender. 

This has caused an inexorable mix of emotions. I am without doubt a feminist and pro-affirmative action. There’s nothing I want more than for my friends to rise up, and yet when it came to my personal bread and butter, a step up for me, I am met with a bout of depression. I’ve never felt so unwanted because of something I can’t control. In that moment, I believe I caught a tiny glimpse of what it is to be anything but white in America.

Good.

It was bound to happen - and I’m happy it did.

What’s a boy to do? At least someone else got the job, someone who mightn’t have had the opportunity in the past - that is progress in our larger social conquest indeed. The expense to my career hurts, but I’ll get over it. 

My friend suggests I take advantage of gay-oriented film groups. I’m hesitant to do so and I’m not sure why. It could be any number of irrational things. I’m good at coming up with those and believing them. I’m not gay enough (whatever the hell that means) often bubbles up - insecurities on the rise. 

She makes a good point - wouldn’t it be nice to see a gay boy on screen, written and directed by a gay boy? The answer is obvious. I rebut that it’d be nice to see an Arab woman up there too, written and directed by an Arab woman.

Moonlight by Barry Jenkins is by far one of my favorite pieces of cinema. It changed everything for me, it rocked my world-view, threw timber on the flames of my passion - it was a transformative experience. 

There have only been two times that I’ve witnessed a film early in it’s run and knew deep inside that it would most certainly win best picture - they were Birdman and Moonlight.

During that first viewing, I became totally consumed. I felt every bit of pain and joy Chiron felt. For the first time in my life I was forced to consider a perspective, a life, that I couldn’t otherwise conjure up in my imagination, and it changed me. I consider it a miraculous achievement. Astounding in all facets of technique. The perfect combination of structure and character, proliferating it’s profound message of tolerance through understanding into the universe.

If supporting people of minority identities results in films like Moonlight (and even if it doesn’t), my support is only strengthened with cooperative passion and new-found understanding.

Here’s what I fear - a new wave of blacksploitation films similar to that of the New Hollywood era of the 1970′s when the entertainment industry realized there was a market for films starring black actors in leading roles. While black consumers were getting some representation on screen, characters were often typified by stereotypes, which makes sense with white men at the helm of their creation. My fear consummated when Shaft was rebooted.

My hope is that in a society more aware of these disparities and past failings, truer works of diversified art are here to stay and in its course a sort of cultural balance becomes of the mainstream entertainment market. A market which I hope in turn continues to fund independent works of art and film designed by minorities for all of the world to enjoy.

To see a piece of oneself on screen, represented for the first time is a powerful thing. To have the feeling of being seen for the first time by everyone is beyond-words-magnificent.

AnYwAy...

We finished our meals, I leaned comfortably on the pleather cushion back of the booth for a while, taking it all in. Eventually my friend said we must be going. I pleaded for a moment to stay longer, to never leave this comfort. Though, she was right. It was ten already and we still needed to get that key.

-RS