Blaxploitation genre

[progressive_lefty]

Are many people familiar with the Blaxploitation film genre from the 60's & 70's?

I watched a documentary about it not too long ago, it discussed how organisations like the NAACP opposed it. I haven't seen any of the films, the only footage I have seen were little clips on youtube. I was searching for some around the internet not too long ago, but I didn't have any luck. I've got an album of a collection of music from the films, and I'm loving it.

From what I saw on the documentary, the films were controversial because they focused on subjects such as ghetto and crime, sexualised Black women and 'pimps' - all within the context of race, and Black-White relations at the time.

I'm sure there will be other revleft members that will now more about Blaxploitation films then me.

[Pirate Utopian]

There are quite a few really entertaining ones.

[Manic Impressive]

I used to watch them when I was a kid but I'm absolutely no expert and didn't really form any deep opinion of underlying contexts, I do remember thinking they were really funny.

I can't believe anyone hasn't seen the original shaft films. What have you been doing with your life? :p Foxy Brown and Coffy or just about any Pam Grier film is also excellent.

[Per Levy]

i dont know to much about the gengre, i watched blackula(the name says it all) once, it was fun as far as i remeber. but have a cinema snob review of one of the more "famous" ones, dolomite:

http://thecinemasnob.com/2010/10/20/dolemite.aspx

[x359594]

There were a handful of outstanding movies in the genre, particularly Black Caeser (1974) The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1974), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Truck Turner (1974.)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spook_Who_Sat_by_the_Door_%28film%29)

[Spawn of Stalin]

Superfly, The Legend of Nigger Charley, Boss Nigger, and Disco Godfather are all pretty good. Check out Blackenstein too, it sucks but it's pretty hilarious.

[Spawn of Stalin]

I like most types of exploitation not just the black variety. Most of the best ones never got DVD releases as far as I know, I have about 40 or 50 on VHS and there are plenty of torrents out there.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I've only seen a few. Oddly one of the ones that stands out as being more memorable than most was the blaxploitation throwback "Black Dynamite".

[Magón]

Coffy is actually what got me into the whole genre, and other exploitation films.

[Proukunin]

I never really cared for them, I love exploitation or grindhouse films. Sugar Hill is one of the best blaxploitation films i've seen because it combines zombies also. I'm into more of the splatter film and cannibal/zombie exploitation films.

[Chimurenga.]

The Spook Who Sat By The Door is fantastic.

[Pirate Utopian]

Blacula is the shit.

[GallowsBird]

Blacula is the shit.

You beat me to it!

I haven't seen too much of the genre but I liked Hitman, which was of course a remake of Get Carter but not an abomination like the one with Stallone. I'm not sure if Shaft counts to be honest though I liked it. Films with Pam Grier are worth watching as well.

I should look out for some of the films suggested in this thread though. ;)