BaadAsssss Cinema: A Bold Look At 70's Blaxploitation Films (2002) DVD

Description: In this groundbreaking documentary from the Independent Film Channel, filmmaker Isaac Julien takes us back to the early 1970's and the explosion of blaxploitation films, today one of cinema's most beloved cult genres....here is: BadAsssss Cinema: A Bold look at 70's Blaxploitation Films With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, director Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary, and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.The music of Blaxploitation films is discussed, focusing on Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly and Isaac Hayes' Shaft. Interviews with writer/director Larry Cohen and film historian Armond White are also featured. BaadAsssss Cinema was originally shown on the Independent Film Channel in August 2002 as part of a week-long Blaxploitation film festival.Featuring a wealth of footage from such classic films as Superfly and Shaft, and interviews with such key players as Richard Roundtree, Quentin Tarantino, and Pam Grier, BaadAsssss Cinema gets to the bottom of exactly what helped the blaxploitation genre achieve its revered cult status. BaadAsssss Cinema is a 2002 TV documentary film directed by Isaac Julien. Julien looks at the Blaxploitation era of the 1970s in this hour-long documentary. What a great treat to find so many beloved icons in Isaac Julien's excellent documentary about blaxploitation cinema: actors Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, and Gloria Hendry, among others, as well as directors Gordon Parks and Melvin Van Peebles. Through their piercing perspectives, plus commentary by the likes of film critic Elvis Mitchell and (of course) cult aficionado and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, Baadasssss Cinema makes a persuasive argument that 1970's blaxploitation was both an American achievement and a temporary fix for Hollywood's then-economic doldrums. Julien gracefully leads viewers on a tour of blaxploitation's aesthetic and social roots, including a desire by African American audiences to see black protagonists stand up to power. Baadasssss Cinema also explains the appeal of warhorse movie genres--gangster films, horror--to the blaxploitation industry, discusses African American ambivalence in the '70's toward the films' new racial stereotypes, and makes sense of blaxploitation's commercial burnout once Hollywood got hold of the formula. Plus you can never have to much PAM GRIER!!! For anyone curious what led up to such a unique moment in film history, this quality documentary does not disappoint. Great interviews, structure, and objectivity. DVD Features: Extended interviews with Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino and others; Letterbox Format; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection. HAPPY VIEWING!!!!! This DVD is BRAND NEW...NEVER OPENED...STILL SEALED VERY RARE TO FIND BRAND NEW!!!! Will be shipped VERY SECURELY!! Payment thru PayPal THANKS FOR LOOKING!!!!!!! FAR OUT IN A REALLY HAPPENING WAY!!

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