Difference between revisions of "Blaxploitation2"
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| The term '''Blaxploitation''' was originally created not by a white person but by an African-American who was slighted by the producers of [[Super Fly]]. It was initially coined to stir up controversy/stereotyping and for many years black filmmakers/actors didn't accept it as a positive term. Yet ironically, over time it has come to represent a highly successful era of black genre cinema of the 1970s. What was once regarded as a negative term has changed into something that brings to mind exciting, empowering and groundbreaking cinema made by and starring African Americans. | | The term '''Blaxploitation''' was originally created not by a white person but by an African-American who was slighted by the producers of [[Super Fly]]. It was initially coined to stir up controversy/stereotyping and for many years black filmmakers/actors didn't accept it as a positive term. Yet ironically, over time it has come to represent a highly successful era of black genre cinema of the 1970s. What was once regarded as a negative term has changed into something that brings to mind exciting, empowering and groundbreaking cinema made by and starring African Americans. | ||
* | * [[The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20]] • [[Blaxploitation: What It Is, What It Was]] • [[Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide|The Essential Reference Guide]] | ||
*'''Blaxploitation on Home Video''': [[Baadasssss Blaxploitation on DVD|DVD]] | *'''Blaxploitation on Home Video''': [[Baadasssss Blaxploitation on DVD|DVD]] • [[Baadasssss Blaxploitation on BluRay|BluRay]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
</center> | </center> |
Revision as of 20:24, 29 May 2016
The term Blaxploitation was originally created not by a white person but by an African-American who was slighted by the producers of Super Fly. It was initially coined to stir up controversy/stereotyping and for many years black filmmakers/actors didn't accept it as a positive term. Yet ironically, over time it has come to represent a highly successful era of black genre cinema of the 1970s. What was once regarded as a negative term has changed into something that brings to mind exciting, empowering and groundbreaking cinema made by and starring African Americans.
|