In the 1970s, African-American filmmakers cranked up the black action movie by adding elements of such genres as the western, kung fu, and horror, as well as soundtracks by the likes of Curtis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What would Hollywood be without a good ole Blaxploitation film? And now that “They Cloned Tyrone” has hit Netflix screens, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections ...

Forty years ago this month, Melvin Van Peebles’ celluloid classic, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, shook up the world of cinema, much as a brash young pugilist originally known as Cassius Clay had ...

Sheridan Singleton is a unique blend of bubbly with a dash of darkness and a smack of peculiar wit. She has a colorful background, and her idiosyncratic but relatable personality is what drives her to ...

As the writer, producer, director and star of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971), a film about a black man fleeing the law, Van Peebles is considered the godfather of the blaxploitation genre.

Michael Jai White remembers the first time he saw people onscreen who looked like they came from his ‘hood. This was in an otherwise forgettable 1976 blaxploitation flick called “The Monkey Hustle” ...

This week Black Dynamite dons his flared strides and some seriously outlandish suits to take it to the The Man - well, several men, all with guns. With Michael Jai White's urban hero lovably spoofing ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Blaxploitation Is Going Highbrow With an Anti-Trump Twist The Hollywood Reporter's guest columnist Kareem Abdul- Jabbar offers an analysis of how the genre of classic '70s films ...