Biography: Vonetta McGee |
Gifted African American actress Vonetta McGee made her movie bow in the 1968 Italian film Il Grand Silencio. After playing roles in a few "blaxploitation" flicks, McGee and her significant other Max Julien produced and co-starred in Thomasine and... more
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Tags: Message Movie Drama Family
Length: 110min
This drama was a "Wonderworks Family Movie," and tells the tale of a self-centered, rebellious African- American youth who gets a new outlook on life after he is hit by a car and finds himself awakening in South Carolina during the early 19th century....
Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation and Advancing An Independent Black Cinema (1984)
Cast: Alfre Woodard
Tags: Culture & Society Film, TV & Radio Social Issues Film & Television History
Length: 75min
Through probing exploration and expert commentary, this documentary takes an in-depth look at the evolution of African American cinema, examining how African Americans have been portrayed in film, and how the community has both utilized and expressed...
Cast: Bernie Casey Ron O'Neal
Tags: Biopic Prison Film Drama
Length: 105min
Based loosely on the real-life relationship between political activist Angela Davis and convict-turned-author George Jackson, Brothers stars Bernie Casey as David Thomas, who begins corresponding with college professor and outspoken black activist...
Cast: Clint Eastwood John Williams George Kennedy Richard D. Zanuck
Tags: Action Action Thriller
Length: 125min
Clint Eastwood both directed and starred in this thriller based on a novel by Trevanian. Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Eastwood) is a professor of art history who formerly had a deadly secret life; he was a hired assassin working with an international...
Cast: Richard Roundtree Vonetta McGee John Guillermin Frank Finlay
Tags: Action Blaxploitation Action Thriller
Length: 112min
In the third and last in the original Shaft (1971) series of action-packed "blaxploitation" pictures, private eye John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) travels to the "motherland," where he breaks up a modern slavery ring. Shaft is hired by a diplomat, Emir...
Cast: Gordon Pinsent William Marshall
Tags: Blaxploitation Horror
Length: 92min
Advertised as the 100th production of American International studios, Blacula stars actor/singer William Marshall in the title role. An 18th century African prince, Blacula is transmogrified into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries...
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant Klaus Kinski Sergio Corbucci
Tags: Revisionist Western Spaghetti Western Western
Length: 105min
Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci directed this serious-minded populist spin on the spaghetti western, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence, whose vocal cords have been slashed by sadistic bounty-hunters. Silence joins with local hillfolk in...
Length: 102min
This romantic comedy concerns a young girl who is the product of a black American-Army regular and a Roman woman who shared a romance in World War II. The woman is pursued by two men who both covet a relationship with the dark-skinned girl. Scenes...
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