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Country: United States
Genre: Blackploitation
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Year: 1971
Rating:
CLASSICS I HATE
It’s too bad in a way — Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song could have been a powerful motion picture. As it stands, it’s an interesting social document.
In the prologue, we find out that our hero Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) was snatched off the streets as a […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Blaxploitation
Director: Michael Campus
Year: 1973
Rating:
CLASSICS I HATE
There isn’t a whole lot of action in The Mack. Sure, there’s a shootout before the opening credits, and Goldie AKA The Mack (Max Julien) wastes a few scumbags that went after him and his people late in the flick, but most of the running time […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Blacksploitation
Director: Gordon Parks, Jr.
Year: 1972
Rating:
I don’t care if Superfly is considered a blaxploitation cinema classic. I still don’t recommend that you take 90 minutes out of your life to see it.
I admit that Curtis Mayfield’s score kicks ass. There’s some good NYC atmosphere, and you gotta dig those snazzy 70s fashions […]