Blaxploitation

A community portal about Blaxploitation with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many exploitation films were made that targeted... [more]

A community portal about Blaxploitation with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many exploitation films were made that targeted the urban African American audience; the word itself is a combination of the words "black" and "exploitation". Blaxploitation films starred primarily black actors, and were the first to feature soundtracks of funk and soul music. Although criticized by civil rights groups for their use of stereotypes, they addressed the great and newfound demand for Afrocentric entertainment, and were immensely popular among black audiences. The blaxploitation genre officially began in 1969 with the release of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. This film is also noteworthy in that it was written, directed, produced, and funded by Melvin Van Peebles, an African American. This remained the premise of the early blaxploitation films: film by, for, and about black people.