Pam Grier

Iconic actor Pam Grier says she isn't comfortable with her '70s films being labelled "blaxploitation." Reminiscing about the early days of her career, Grier says the title is just a moniker for a black action film.  

“We have conservative African-Americans who will not see certain films, will only see Tyler Perry but will not see Spike Lee. …I know a lot of African-American women that didn’t want to see ‘The Help’ because they had lived it as ...  

FILM | An Evening With Pam Grier Iconic actress Pam Grier will join Sharon Lewis in conversation this evening at the Varsity as part of TD's Black History Month Then and Now series. Presented by Clement Virgo in conjunction with the Canadian Film Centre, Grier will discuss the challenges and triumphs of her 40-year career and her role as the first female action star in blaxploitation films like Foxy Brown and Coffy. The conversation will delve...  

To her fans, Pam Grier will always be Hollywood's first female action star. But the ground-breaking actress of the 1970s says her movie choices have always been about empowerment.  

IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH TD, CFC AND CLEMENT VIRGO PRESENT: ‘AN EVENING WITH PAM GRIER & JENNIFER BEALS’ Part of TD Canada’s THEN & NOW Series Toronto, January 24, 2012 Presented by TD in celebration of Black History Month, CFC (Canadian Film Centre) and Clement Virgo are pleased to host a special evening in conversation with iconic actresses Pam Grier and Jennifer Beals. A lively and inspiring cross generational...  

Announced earlier today... Taking place on February 23, 2012 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, ESSENCE will celebrate five extraordinary women who have left an indelible impression with their work within the film and television industries: Kerry Washington (Vanguard Award), Octavia Spencer (Breakthrough Performance), Pam Grier (Legend Award), Paula Patton (Shining Star Award) and Shonda Rhimes (Visionary Award presented by Lincoln). This...  

The fourth week of January was big for fans of kick-ass women who literally kick ass. (Note: Dear readers, please take me to task if I ever again compose a sentence that sounds so much like it was written for Ain't It Cool News.) On Jan. 20 ...  

Reader: Pam Grier was no star off-screenWestword (blog)10 2012 at 6:00 AM ​Pam Grier is one of Denver's greatest exports, and last fall, Robin Edwards pulled together the "Top 5 ass-kicking Pam Grier roles" -- among them her performance in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. But Juror169 has aa problem with ...  

One of my resolutions for this year is to watch all the movies on J.R. Jones's list of great movies from last year. Got a ways to go, as so far I've only seen one—Bridesmaids.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

As a kid — I’m talking 11, 12 years old — I used to grab my weekly allowance and lie to my parents about going to the museum downtown. Instead, I would go to the movies, because this was back in the good old days when kids could still ...  

Before there was a name for mashups, RZA and the Wu-Tang Clan were blending blaxploitation flicks, Kung Fu movies and unabashedly rough Hip Hop. From Al Green samples, to clips from poorly overdubbed Gordon Liu movies and jokes about Ol’ Dirty ...  

For Grier, the show was a catalyst to LGBT activism, and the actress has shown up at fundraisers, celebrations, and protests in support of LGBT rights ... food movement that raises money for AIDS service organizations. We caught up with her ...  

Grier’s vantage point comes across like that of a hip older aunt having sex talk at a kitchen table: straight, no chaser, and awkwardly jolting to make her reader pay attention.  

Pop Picks: Special Edition The best DVDs of 2011Bellingham HeraldThe big change was in the lead character, which was changed from the white, blond-haired Jackie Burke to the African-American Jackie Brown (Pam Grier). This shift adjusts the movie's tone, but it also gives Grier the chance to deliver a stunning ...  

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