Cultura1d ago
"In 1986, 21-year-old Richard Lowrey and his brother, Tor Reyel Lowry, undertook the arduous task of directing their first feature film, Hawk Jones. His vision included a city under siege by a crime syndicate, a hardened cop hot on their trail, a seedy atmosphere grounded in an urban backdrop, and elements of blaxploitation films, all punctuated by action-packed shootouts. The twist? Children play every single character." https://culturalgutter.com/2026/03/26/pow-kids-with-guns-and-the-sov-surrealism-of-hawk-jones-1986/ #movies #blaxploitation #FilmHistory
Pow! Kids with Guns and the SOV Surrealism of Hawk Jones (1986)

In 1986, 21-year-old Richard Lowrey and his brother, Tor Reyel Lowry, undertook the arduous task of directing their first feature film, Hawk Jones. His vision included a city under siege by a crime…

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French Cinema & Subtitles2d ago

🎭 Cast: Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield, Janet MacLachlan, Max Julien, Juanita Moore, Dick Anthony Williams, Ji‑Tu Cumbuka, Ketty Lester, John Wesley, Robert DoQui, James McEachin…

#Uptight #sousTitres #Drama #Thriller #ClassicFilm #Blaxploitation #AmericanCinema #RaceRelations #InnerCity

Weener70Mar 10
Und noch ein Track für das #mixtape
#BookerTandthemgs mit „Children don’t get weary“ vom #Soundtrack zum Film „Up Tight“ aus dem Jahr 1969.
#blaxploitation #nowplaying #vinyl #vinylrecords #funk #soul #StageScreen
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 28
Janee Michelle in “Scream, Blacula, Scream” (1973)
#SatMat #ScreamBlaculaScream #JaneeMichelle #blaxploitation #horror
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 28
Pam Grier in “Scream, Blacula, Scream” (1973)
#SatMat #ScreamBlaculaScream #PamGrier #blaxploitation #horror
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 28
Surprisingly, “Scream, Blacula, Scream” (1973) was released on the same day as the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” (1973). Apparently, people chose to watch the newest installment of the hugely popular spy series over this low budget blaxploitation horror film
#SatMat #ScreamBlaculaScream #blaxploitation
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 28
“Scream, Blacula “Scream” (1973) had a budget of <$1mil and made about the same amount by the end of its initial run. This under performance at the box office would lead to no further films being produced. It and 1972’s “Blacula” would however become cult film staples
#SatMat #ScreamBlaculaScream #Blaxploitation #horror
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 28
So yeah.. typical of the era, the animal safety in this is extremely fuzzy and has only been reported to be “a real, live bird and a dead bird” in these scenes but no one involved has ever said if its the same bird 💔
#SatMat #ScreamBlaculaScream #blaxploitation #horror
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 28
And now our feature presentation: “Scream, Blacula, Scream” (1973) (https://youtu.be/99SS1PnW7Jk?si=Ayr608dixOJCv4d4) produced by American International Pictures
#SatMat #ScreamBlaculaScream #blaxploitation #horror
Andi ChorleyFeb 28

Shaft is a 1970 detective novel by Ernest Tidyman. It is the first novel in the John Shaft novel series. The novel debuted the character John Shaft and inspired both the 1971 film Shaft and its sequels. - Wikipedia

It is strange to read a book and keep hearing the theme music of the film in my head, but that is what happens when you read a book after hearing the soundtrack all your life! I bought an original of the soundtrack by Issac Hayes for 50p in an Oxfam in the 80s before I saw the film. As for the novel, it is a pulpy, gripping crime tale set in early 70s New York. Shaft is most definitely misogynistic, homophobic, and antisemitic, and this seemed to be tacitly approved by white author Tidyman, but maybe just reflecting the world and the attitudes a character like Shaft would be likely to have.

#Shaft #ErnestTidyman #Novels #Reading #blaxploitation #privateeye #NewYork