The Blaxploitation film era is, for better or worse, a cornerstone in the foundation of modern Black history. The subgenre, a portmanteau of Black and exploitation, came at critical time between the ...

Wednesday night at 10PM, the Independent Film Channel presents an IFC original documentary film called BaadAsssss Cinema. Larry Mantle talks with the film's director, Isaac Julien, and one of the film ...

As a preteen growing up in New Jersey, Odie Henderson saw a tremendous number of wildly inappropriate movies. Take age 4, an especially big, bad year for Henderson and inarguably too young to be ...

It’s the summer of “Blaxploitation, Baby!,” the latest festival hosted by Film Forum. The indie theater announced the upcoming festival which will take place August 16 through August 22. The program ...

Blaxploitation, a film genre that started in the early ‘70s, was known for sex, violence, and ACTION. Some people know it because of the music (cue the timeless “Super Fly” soundtrack by Curtis ...

Film Forum will be presenting a group of films dating largely from the genre’s heyday, the early 1970s, under the title “Blaxploitation, Baby!” Has this series been mounted as an air-conditioned ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. What is a Black film? How do we know it’s a Black film? These are ...

As a preteen growing up in Jersey City, New Jersey, Odie Henderson saw a tremendous number of wildly inappropriate movies. Take age 4, an especially big, bad year for Henderson and inarguably too ...

Films starring Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, and more will screen. The indie theater announced the upcoming festival which will take place August 16 through August 22.