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Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

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Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema
Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

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Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

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In 1971, two films grabbed the movie business, shook it up, and launched a genre that would help define the decade. Melvin Van Peebles’s , an independently produced film about a male sex worker who beats up cops and gets away, and Gordon Parks’s , a studio-financed film with a killer soundtrack, were huge hits, making millions of dollars. upended cultural expectations by having its Black rebel win in the end, and saved MGM from bankruptcy. Not for the last time did Hollywood discover that Black people went to movies too. The Blaxploitation era was born. Written by film critic Odie Henderson, is a spirited history of a genre and the movies that he grew up watching, which he loves without irony (but with plenty of self-awareness and humor). Blaxploitation was a major trend, but it was never simple. The films mixed self-empowerment with exploitation, base stereotypes with essential representation that spoke to the lives and fantasies of Black viewers. The time is right for a reappraisal, understanding these films in the context of the time, and exploring their lasting influence.

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