Blaxploitation

Dolemite Is My Name

By Dante James | November 2019

“Way down in the jungle deep, the bad-a*s lion stepped on a signified monkey’s feet…” Rudy Ray Moore may not be a…

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Dolemite Is My Name

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"Way down in the jungle deep, the bad-ass lion stepped on a signified monkey's feet..." Rudy Ray Moore may not be a household name, but after Dolemite...

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The Human Tornado

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The Human Tornado makes its predecessor, Dolemite, look like an instructional video on how to knit socks. Any slight semblance of reality the first film...

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Armed

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Time is a funny thing. Some movies nominated for a dozen Oscars are never heard from again, while others age like a fine wine into classic status. The...

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Petey Wheatstraw

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Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore), the devil’s son-in-law, has such magnificent powers that he can, and I quote, “take the fourth of July and put it in...

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Disco Godfather

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The disco is the worst part of Disco Godfather, and there’s a lot of it. More often than the desired amount, which would be zero, the movie screeches to...

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Dolemite

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In the ancient halls of film protagonists, Dolemite stands alone. He’s a full-time pimp, part-time poet and a black belt in the Elvis school of karate....

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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song

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On March 31st, 1971, an independent film made by a black man for the black community opened at the Grand Circus Theatre in Detroit and broke the house...

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Blaxploitation Classics Available on VOD For The First Time

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From the Xenon Pictures library, many classic blaxploitation films have been digitally remastered and made available on HD VOD now. After news of Eddie...

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Blackenstein

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At first glance, it’s easy to take 1973’s Blackenstein as a vast improvement over Mary Shelley’s classic novel. Did Shelley’s story include muscle...

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