Blaxploitation

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Then the live-action segments begin and the inspiration and competence disappear. The first segment involves a graffiti artist who gains sinister powers after getting tattooed by mysterious badass Danny Trejo....

Unfortunately even the electoral frauds of 2000 and 2004, which cogently demonstrated how easily the “democratic” system could (and can) be corrupted by the rich and powerful, did not arouse enough Americans from their slumber....

I feel as if I'm meeting the Pope. The mind races for a moment or two. Morgan Freeman! God! President Deep Impact! John Milton! Clint's Mate! Called his Oscar "a doorstop"! But as Freeman invites me to sit, patting the sofa next to him with that down-home...

Voluptuous African-American leading lady and second lead of the 1970s and 80s who primarily appeared in low-budget exploitation and Blaxploitation movies...

Cell phones, the Internet, MP3 players and now Kanye West. Every so often something or someone emerges from the shadows, sparks an artistic or technological revolution and makes us forget what life was like before it arrived...

Baffled, he posted pictures on Soulstrut.com, a forum for those seekers of rare vinyl known as diggers. The reaction was astonishing...

Cinematic trendsetter Quentin Tarantino tag-teams with his buddy Robert Rodriguez for a two-fisted punch to the gut called "Grindhouse." Tarantino's half of "Grindhouse" is a slasher flick called "Death Proof," with three foxy females fighting off unwant...

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival took a big jump last year, expanding from three days to nine...