Tag: blaxploitation

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London’s Leicester Square has always been the heart of England’s cinema-land. With premiers, red carpets, and the full imported, tariff-free quota of Hollywood razzmatazz, it used to be quite possible to walk across the Square and see De Niro or Kate Winslet swanning around in front of a bank of photographers all trying to get the star to look their way. However, nestled in the historic Square’s environs were a brace of independent cinemas that the discerning cinema-goer felt a bit smug for knowing about. (more…)

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When I found out that there was a 1975 Nazi-themed blaxploitation — or perhaps a black-themed Nazisploitation — movie called The Black Gestapo about a militant black organization that patterns itself after the SS, I knew I was going to watch it. You can’t make a movie called The Black Gestapo and expect me not to watch it. I’m glad I did, because it is a funny little time capsule piece that ties together various strains of 1970s pop culture fascinations. For one, it mixes elements of multiple genres of exploitation films. (more…)

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American Pimp is a 1999 documentary directed by the Hughes Brothers, the half-black, half-Armenian twins who also directed Menace II Society and Dead Presidents. American Pimp has fallen into obscurity and is now hard to find. But it deserves to be better-known, especially among race-realists. American Pimp is just under 90 minutes. It consists primarily of interviews with black pimps and their prostitutes. (more…)