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Blaxploitation films

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Blaxploitation Cinema Pressbooks and Posters

 Collection
Identifier: 2014.194
Content Description The collection contains pressbooks and posters of over 40 blaxploitation films. The pressbooks contain articles about the film, the stars and the filmmakers, as well as samples of proposed publicity campaigns, plot synopses, credits and other information. Many of the posters were used to advertise the films in local theaters, some doctored to suit white audiences while others have directions that specified "for black audiences only." Some of the movies include Shaft's Big Score, Blacula,...
Dates: Other: 1968-1976

Mr. Kool Screenplay and Lobby Cards

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00139
Scope and Contents A Sanford Howard production of the screenplay, Mr. Kool final draft script dated June 19, 1973. The film was released in the United States  August 7, 1974 titled Together Brothers.  As part of the Blaxploitation Cinema, the story is about an African American policeman, nicknamed Mr. Kool, who is gunned down in a poor neighborhood in Galveston, Texas.  The only witness to the crime was a young boy named Tommy who is rendered...
Dates: 1973

Willie Dynamite Screenplay

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00125
Scope and Contents Final screenplay for the American Blaxploitation film Willie Dynamite produced by Universal Studios in 1973.  Production of the film was released in 1974 directed by Gilbert Moses and starred Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, and Joyce Walker.  Willie Dynamite is the central figure in the movie who is a pimp in Manhattan whose goal is to be number one in the city.  Cora, a social worker, tries to change Willie Dynamite's ways and also of those whom...
Dates: 1973