Been watching old school Black cinema during this lockdown

[WesCrook]

Watching JD's Revenge for the first time.

Already watched:

Cotton Comes to Harlem
Come Back Charleston Blue
Coffy
Hell up in Harlem

 

[MasterOfAllHeSurveyz]

Check out Five On The Black Hand side. It's a play made into a movie by Bill Russell's older brother.

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"J. D. Walker. The Boss Talker. The Water Walkerrrrrrr!!!!!"

"That's 'cause you've been dealing with the Ace."

"Oh shyt. That's my old man! shyt!"

"You betta go talk to 'em."

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Brown Sugar has a 30 days trial right now

Feast

 

[valet]

Watching JD revenge now. This is so hard to take seriously since I'm used to thinking of him as Cornel Taylor.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Watching JD's Revenge for the first time.

Already watched:

Cotton Comes to Harlem
Come Back Charleston Blue
Coffy
Hell up in Harlem

Watching JD revenge now. This is so hard to take seriously since I'm used to thinking of as Cornel Taylor.

Now Watch Black Belt Jones on Netflix

Punks

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Blaxploitation films got a bad rap but it's a lot of great movies that were made then

 

[Cakebatter]

JD's Revenge is on my list as well as Sugar Hill. Went to scoop up a copy of Blacula on Blu-ray and the cheapest used copies are $80

 

[WesCrook]

Blaxploitation films got a bad rap but it's a lot of great movies that were made then

They saved Hollywood from bankruptcy. It's true

 

[Optimus Prime]

Here’s a good website that lists all the Blaxploitation films if you focusing on those.

Blaxploitation Films (List)

Black American films made for Black audiences in the 1970s are known as Blaxploitation films. These films, often set in urban environments; controversially perpetuated Black Americans on screen. During an interview with Variety Magazine, the term, proclaimed by journalist and one-time NAACP...

www.daaracarchive.org