Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak

by Andrew J. Rausch, David Walker, Chris Watson, et al.

In the early 1970s, a new breed of film emerged that would completely change the way black people were presented in movies. With their afros picked to spherical perfection and their guns blazing, big bad soul brothers and super sexy sisters lit up movie theaters across the country. Never before had black men and women appeared on screen in quite this way. In time, these films would be called "blaxploitation." And while it has long been debated exactly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810867060
• ISBN13: 9780810867062
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"