An era of its own. A time when American was in a transition from separatism to civil rights. The 70's was a Golden Age on so many levels and the influence echoes around the world in present day. Blaxploitation is considered in my opinion to be the coolest of cool. Touching on the most sensitive material in America at its time and exploiting them on the big screen or the vinyls in your record player produced for a glorified genre that nobody will ever be able to duplicate. Our mission at Blax-Pride is to educate those who are unfamiliar with this era and combine knowledge with those who are familiar.
Also you will notice Kung Fu movies on this site as well. What does this have to do with Blaxploitation? Well, the more action packed Blaxploitation films did not just street fight. Oh no.....they thought they were Kung Fu Masters. Chinese martial art movies gave a sense of invincibility to these actors. Seeing how cool it was to be a masterful fighter, why not just integrate this with Pimpin', Hustlin', Jive Talkin' and Pam Grier? Blax-Pride!!!
Starring:
- Godfrey Cambridge
- Raymond St. Jacques
- Calvin Lockhart
- Judy Pace
- Redd Foxx
The Charismatic black nationalist leader Rev Deke O'Malley is trying to sell the people of Harlem a dream. Invest $100 in his company and live in Africa. But cops Gravedigger and Coffin know all about Deke and his fraudulent schemes that take advantage of the poor and the ignorant and can't wait for a chance to expose him. When a barbecue O'Malley is apparently 'robbed' they get their chance to take him and his cohorts down.
Provided by Cinemageddon user dayofthe
Link to soundtrack review:
Galt McDermot - Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970)
3 comments:
Hi!,
Just to say that I love your site!!
I only came across it a few days ago, and haven't left it yet!!!
I just tried to download "Cotton Goes To Harlem", but the link for part2 doesn't work.
I'd really appreiate it if you could look into it for me?
Keep up the good work!!
Thanx.
The link to part2 works just fine for me. Please try it again and email me if it still doesn't work out.
Hi,
No problems, it's fine now. Not too sure what happened, but it worked the second time I tried it.
Excellent film BTW!!
Many thanx.
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