Richard Roundtree

Shaft/Shaft in Africa No Description Available. Genre: Feature Film Urban Action Rating: R Release Date: 3-MAY-2005 Media Type: DVDShaft Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree) directed this 1971 detective story about John Shaft (Richard Roundtree), an African American private eye who has a rocky relationship with cops, an even rockier one with Harlem gangsters, and a healthy sex life. The script finds Shaft tracking down the kidnapped daughter of a black mobster, but the pleasure of the film is...Read Full Story

Shaft/Shaft’s Big Score Shaft is the original that started it all, widely cited as the first “blaxploitation” movie. Richard Roundtree plays John Shaft, the street-smart private eye whose hunt for a kidnap victim puts him between feuding syndicates. Isaac Hayes provides the memorable Academy AwardO-winning Best Original Song (1971) and gritty score. “He’s a bad dude,” a racketeer says about Shaft in the sequel Shaft’s Big Score! Leave it to Shaft to back up that statement in a way New...Read Full Story

Shaft/Shaft’s Big Score! Shaft is the original that started it all, widely cited as the first “blaxploitation” movie. Richard Roundtree plays John Shaft, the street-smart private eye whose hunt for a kidnap victim puts him between feuding syndicates. Isaac Hayes provides the memorable Academy AwardO-winning Best Original Song (1971) and gritty score. “He’s a bad dude,” a racketeer says about Shaft in the sequel Shaft’s Big Score! Leave it to Shaft to back up that statement in a way New...Read Full Story

Shaft New RICHARD ROUNDTREE SCORES AS THE TOUGH PRIVATE EYE WHOSE HUNT FOR A MISSING WOMAN PUTS HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF A SYNDICATE FEUD. SPECIAL FEATURES: BEHIND-THE-SCENES DOCUMENTARY SOUL IN CINEMA: FILMING SHAFT ON LOCATION, FEATURE-LENGTH AUDIO COMMENTARY BY DIRECTOR GORDON PARKS, AND MUCH MORE.Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree) directed this 1971 detective story about John Shaft (Richard Roundtree), an African American private eye who has a rocky relationship with cops, an even...Read Full Story

The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will honor the special achievements of iconic actors Richard Roundtree and Hattie Winston, legendary filmmaker George Lucas and Sony Pictures Entertainment, during its 3rd live AAFCA Awards ceremony on Sunday, January 8, 2012, at Light Space Studios, located at the historic Helm Bakery in Culver City California.Read Full Story