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<div class="large-12 columns" style="display:block;"><center><h4><span class="fa fa-book" style="background:#F2F2F2;padding: .5em; width:100%;"> [[Textploitation! Essential Books on B-Movies and Cult Films|TEXTPLOITATION!]] </span></h4></center> | <div class="large-12 columns" style="display:block;"><center><h4><span class="fa fa-book" style="background:#F2F2F2;padding: .5em; width:100%;"> [[Textploitation! Essential Books on B-Movies and Cult Films|TEXTPLOITATION!]] </span></h4></center> | ||
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<p style="padding:0 6px 0 6px;font-size:20px;">'''BAADASSSS CINEMA!''' Dazzling, highly stylized, excessively violent and brimming with sex, blaxploitation films enjoyed a brief but memorable period 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. Directly answering the call for a new and appreciative look back at a distinctly American motion picture phenomenon, Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide is 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 book will become the primary reference guide on the genre, covering not just the films' heyday (1971-1976) but the entire decade (1970-1980). From [[Aaron Loves Angela]] to [[The Zebra Killer]], they're all here in one indispensable volume. '''[[Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide|READ MORE]]'''</p> | <p style="padding:0 6px 0 6px;font-size:20px;">'''BAADASSSS CINEMA!''' Dazzling, highly stylized, excessively violent and brimming with sex, blaxploitation films enjoyed a brief but memorable period 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. Directly answering the call for a new and appreciative look back at a distinctly American motion picture phenomenon, Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide (written by GCDb's own Josiah Howard) is 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 book will become the primary reference guide on the genre, covering not just the films' heyday (1971-1976) but the entire decade (1970-1980). From [[Aaron Loves Angela]] to [[The Zebra Killer]], they're all here in one indispensable volume. '''[[Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide|READ MORE]]'''</p> | ||
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BAADASSSS CINEMA! Dazzling, highly stylized, excessively violent and brimming with sex, blaxploitation films enjoyed a brief but memorable period 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. Directly answering the call for a new and appreciative look back at a distinctly American motion picture phenomenon, Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide (written by GCDb's own Josiah Howard) is 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 book will become the primary reference guide on the genre, covering not just the films' heyday (1971-1976) but the entire decade (1970-1980). From Aaron Loves Angela to The Zebra Killer, they're all here in one indispensable volume. READ MORE