Blaxploitation Cinema

Dazzling highly stylised excessively violent and brimming with sex blaxploitation films enjoyed a brief but memorable moment in motion picture history. Never before and never since have so many African-American performers been featured in films not in bit parts but in name-above-the title starring roles. Heres a new and appreciative look back at a distinctly American motion picture phenomenon the first truly comprehensive examination of the genre its films its trends and its far-reaching impact covering more than 240 Blaxploitation films in detail. This is the primary reference book on the genre covering not just the films heyday (1971-1976) but the entire decade (1970-1980). Includes: film posters and ads