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Reflections on Blaxploitation
Walker, David; Rausch, Andrew J.; Watson, Chris
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Description for Reflections on Blaxploitation
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
In the early 1970s, a new breed of film emerged that would completely change the way black people were presented in movies. With their afros picked to spherical perfection and their guns blazing, big bad soul brothers and super sexy sisters lit up movie theaters across the country. Never before had black men and women appeared on screen in quite this way. In time, these films would be called "blaxploitation." And while it has long been debated exactly which film launched the blaxploitation era, the financial success of Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Gordon Parks's Shaft helped ... Read more
In the early 1970s, a new breed of film emerged that would completely change the way black people were presented in movies. With their afros picked to spherical perfection and their guns blazing, big bad soul brothers and super sexy sisters lit up movie theaters across the country. Never before had black men and women appeared on screen in quite this way. In time, these films would be called "blaxploitation." And while it has long been debated exactly which film launched the blaxploitation era, the financial success of Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Gordon Parks's Shaft helped ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810867062
SKU
V9780810867062
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About Walker, David; Rausch, Andrew J.; Watson, Chris
David Walker has directed several films including Damaged Goods and is the editor of the blaxploitation magazine Bad Azz Mofo. Andrew J. Rausch is the author of numerous books on film, including Turning Points in Film History (2004) and Making Movies with Orson Welles (Scarecrow, 2008), which he cowrote with Gary Graver. Chris Watson has directed several films ... Read more
Reviews for Reflections on Blaxploitation
The lengthy filmography here should prove useful. Recommended.
Library Journal, April 2009
Library Journal, April 2009