In going through old file boxes from the 1970s, I found a number of clippings that effectively illustrate the Blaxploitation era of Hollywood filmmaking, a period from roughly 1971-75, when action and other genre films showcased black heroes and heroines, usually in reworkings of standard genre formulas. They were made quickly and cheaply to capitalize on a trend that could fade out at any time as it eventually did after its peak in 1972-73. These films played grindhouses and neighborhood theaters but also, for a time, premiered at the biggest Broadway movie palaces and commanded ads and constant press coverage. I usually saw them at Bronx neighborhood theaters where they were often paired with Italian westerns and, later, kung fu films, a trend which gradually displaced Blaxploitation. I’d like to share some of what I clipped 45 or so years ago, supplemented by movie stills from my collection and posters copied from IMDB and other sites.
Archive | February, 2018
Archives
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
Categories
- 1967
- 42nd Street
- Academy Awards
- Actors
- American Stars in Japanese Films
- Animation
- Asians in Hollywood
- Asians in TV Westerns
- Authors
- Blu-ray
- Bronx Theaters
- Centennials
- Chinese Cinema
- Comedy
- Comic Books
- Composers
- Criterion
- Directors
- Documentary
- English Cinema
- European Cinema
- Film music
- film noir
- France
- Gangster films
- Hollywood Cinema
- Hong Kong Cinema
- Italian cinema
- James Bond
- Japan
- Japan Journal
- Japanese animation
- Japanese cinema
- Japanese television
- Kaiju
- Kung Fu Cinema
- Manga
- Museums
- Musicals
- New York in the movies
- New York Theaters
- Obituaries
- Power Rangers
- Roger Corman
- Science Fiction
- Sentai
- Shaw Bros.
- Television
- Theaters
- Times Square
- Tokusatsu
- Uncategorized
- VHS
- Walt Disney
- Westerns
- World War II