This volume collects 22 interviews with key actors and directors from the "blaxploitation" film movement of the 1970s, in which they reflect on their own work and on "blaxploitation" as a genre
(although many dislike the term). The interviewees are Ralph Bakshi, Jim Brown, Michael Campus, Steve Carver, Matt Cimber, Greydon Clark, Larry Cohen, Don Pedro Colley, Jamaa Fanaka, Antonio
Fargas, Sid Haig, Gloria Hendry, Jack Hill, Jim Kelly, William Marshall, Rudy Ray More, Ron O'Neal, Larry Spangler, Glynn Turman, Melvin Van Peebles, Oscar Williams, and Fred Williamson. Also
included is an inclusive catalogue of all known "blaxploitation" films with information, when available, on director, writers, actors, and availability on DVD or VHS. Annotation 穢2009 Book
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