![]() ![]() Image Credit: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock In this 1985 cult classic, a young Leroy Green (Taimak) searches New York City for a master to help him reach the final level of martial arts known as the glow. Image Credit: Tri-Star/Motown/Kobal/Shutterstock ![]() Image Credit: Kerry Hayes/Universal/Imagine/Kobal/ShutterstockĪnother clever parody of the blaxploitation genre, Eddie Griffin plays the undercover brother who along with his team of agents attempts to thwart The Man’s plans to derail a black candidate’s presidential campaign in Malcolm D. Along with the Oscar Christopher Waltz received for his supporting role, “Django Unchained” also took home the Academy Award for best writing. Quentin Tarantino dives into the “Mandingo” sub-genre of blaxploitation, starring Jamie Foxx as freed slave Django, who sets out to save his wife from a Mississippi plantation owner. Image Credit: Columbia/The Weinstein Company/Kobal/Shutterstock To supplement her low salary, she finds herself smuggling cash from Mexico to Los Angeles. Grier is the main character Jackie Brown, a 44-year-old woman working for the worst airline in the country. Image Credit: Darren Michaels/Miramax/A Band Apart/Kobal/ShutterstockĪnother Pam Grier classic, this film showed Quentin Tarantino’s love for the genre. Jackson as John Shaft (the detective nephew of the original 1970s Shaft) who is now helping his son JJ Shaft investigate the death of his best friend. Image Credit: Warner Bros/Netflix/Kobal/Shutterstockĭirected by Tim Story, the latest installment in the rebooted “Shaft” franchise stars Samuel L. If this film isn’t enough, make sure to revisit the Gordon Parks-directed 1972 “Super Fly” as well. This 2018 remake by Director X casts Trevor Jackson as Youngblood Priest, a big-time drug dealer looking to score one more big deal before he retires. Image Credit: Bob Mahoney/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock Jacques star as Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, “two detectives only a mother could love” as the logline puts it, in this 1970 film which follows the duo as they attempt to catch a reverend believed to be trying to steal money from the church fundraiser. ![]() Image Credit: United Artists/Kobal/Shutterstock Fun fact: “Austin Powers in Goldmember’s” Foxxy Cleopatra (played by Beyonce) was based on the original Foxy Brown and fellow blaxploitation character Cleopatra Jones. Chris Rock co-stars.īefore she owned a cafe and nightclub on “The L Word,” Pam Grier was one of the leading ladies of blaxploitation genre. In another parody of blaxploitation, Louie C.K.’s mysterious hero Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther) foils The Man’s plans with his belt and the confusing power of gibberish. Big by reuniting all the black heroes of the 1970s. Starring Chris Rock, Jim Brown, and Isaac Hayes, Keenan Wayans Jr.’s 1988 comedic take on the blaxploitation genre features a new hero who attempts to get revenge on Mr. ![]() The genre spurred the progression of black films and served as the big break for many black actors and actresses.Ĭheck out more blaxploitation films to know if you liked “Dolemite is My Name,” which premieres Oct. Jackson and Keenan Ivory Wayans Jr.’s “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.” Much like Rudy Ray Moore’s Dolemite, characters like Pam Grier’s Foxy Brown and Tamara Dobson’s Cleopatra Jones were fondly remembered for their dazzling style and general bad-assery. The action-packed blaxploitation genre spawned a number of reboot films and parodies, such as the late John Singleton’s reimagined version of “Shaft” starring Samuel L. Featuring a star-studded cast including Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, and Chris Rock, “Dolemite is My Name” follows the story of the original “Dolemite” star Rudy Ray Moore, whose stagnant entertainment career suddenly skyrocketed into blaxploitation fame after he appeared in the film.ĭirected by D’Urville Martin, the 1975 “Dolemite” tells the story of a one-time pimp who, after his release from jail, seeks revenge on the drug dealers and corrupt cops who framed him by using a team of martial arts-skilled prostitutes called Dolemite Girls. James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, also has a cameo as himself.Almost 45 years after the original, a new look at the blaxploitation film “Dolemite” is making its way to Netflix. Lee (cousin of director Spike Lee) and co-stars Aunjanue Ellis, Dave Chappelle, Chi McBride, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris, and Billy Dee Williams. try to foil The Man's evil plot to keep the Black Man down. It stars Eddie Griffin as the title character, who along with the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. Undercover Brother is a 2002 film that is a pastiche of blaxploitation, kung fu, and spy movies. ![]()
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