Talk:List of blaxploitation films/Archive 1

Hit Man
Both on this page, and on the page discussing the Blaxploitation genre, you link Hit Man to a disambiguation page with no direct listing of the 1972 film.98.96.254.102 (talk) 12:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Disco godfather
you are missing the disco Godfather, and the avenging of the disco godfather, feat rudy Ray moore, from Dolemite fame —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.170.118.71 (talk) 12:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

The Warriors?
I don't see the Warriors on the list, but I think that it would fit in blaxploitation films. Yes, the cast is an interracial mix but the camera tricks are similar to blaxploitation films, as well as a large portion of the 'bad guys' happen to be white. I don't think many would consider it a true blaxploitation film, but shouldn't it get a nod for at least being watered down?

Ty Feb 27 05


 * The Warriors makes more sense in the category Category:Urban decay in popular culture. --futurebird 23:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Heavy Traffic?
I'm not sure that Heavy Traffic really qualifies as a blaxploitation film. It has some elements of "blaxploitation," but not really enough for it to be put on a list of blaxploitation films. The same goes for Fritz the Cat, too. Actually, Ralph Bakshi's only contribution to the film to contain an aspect of the blaxploitation genre was his 1975 satire Coonskin, which isn't even listed! (Ibaranoff24 03:59, 15 November 2005 (UTC))
 * Actually, I got this list from blaxploitation.com. I just recently started the article and haven't review everything. That's why most of the films are directed to the imdb.com website.  You can add/delete films that do/don't belong. I won't have a problem with it.  QzDaddy 12:42, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

(To clarify, Coonskin is a spoof of the blaxploitation films, not an actual part of the genre) - Ibaranoff24 15:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Although chronologically not related to the rest of the films, this movie contains negative portrayals of black people, glorifying drug dealers to the status of role-models, it is developed in the ghetto and has the same amount of urban violence as others in the list. Please vote to keep or remove and state your reasons. --201.141.97.169 18:59, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It should be on the list. I agree. --futurebird 23:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

The Wiz
I don't see this movie in the main article or in this list, yet, it was considered to be one of the blaxplotation films to end that era of Hollywood. So why is it not in here? --Seishirou Sakurazuka 03:18, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The Wiz was a very positive film based on a broadway musical. In inculces no crime. The only reason to put it here is becuase the cast is all black and that makes no sense. It belongs under Category:Urban Decay In Popular Culture but NOT Category:Blaxploitation films. --futurebird 23:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Removals

 * The Wiz was removed from this list because it was a remake of a Broadway production that included an all Black cast. This alone can not make it a Blaxploitation film. While it was produced in the 1970's, it did not exploit the African-American identity, it does not contain stereotypes, it is based on a mainstream Broadway production, its soundtrack is not typically "funk", it contains no sex or violence.
 * Watermelon Man was removed from this list because it does not fall under the category of Blaxploitation Film. It is a thoughtful social commentary which deals relatively realistically with the African American identity.

69.231.29.75 (talk) 19:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)Vani

Published chronology
Just a re-sort of the main list by year, alphabetic within the year. No attempt to trace influence.

The Cool World (1963) The Black Klansman (1966) For Love of Ivy (1968) Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1968) If He Hollers, Let Him Go (1968) The Split (1968) The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968) Up Tight (1968) A Change of Mind (1969) The Lost Man (1969) Putney Swope (1969) Slaves (1969) Brother John (1970) Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) The Grasshopper (1970) The Great White Hope (1970) Soul Soldier (1970) They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970) ...tick...tick...tick... (1970) The Big Doll House (1971) Black Jesus (1971) The Bus is Coming (1971) Farewell, Uncle Tom (aka Addio zio Tom) (1971) Honky (1971) Right On! (1971) Shaft (1971) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Across 110th Street (1972) The Big Bird Cage (1972) Black Girl (1972) Black Gunn (1972) Black Mama, White Mama (1972) Black Snake (1972) Blacula (1972) Bone (1972) Brother on the Run (1972) Buck and the Preacher (1972) Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972) Cool Breeze (1972) The Final Comedown (1972) Hammer (1972) Hit Man (1972) Lady Sings the Blues (1972) The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972) Man and Boy (1972) Man Friday (TV 1972) (1975) Melinda (1972) Shaft's Big Score (1972) Shorty The Pimp (1972) Slaughter (1972) Super Soul Brother (1972) Super Fly (1972) The Thing with Two Heads (1972) Top of the Heap (1972) Trouble Man(1972) Black Caesar (1973) Book of Numbers (1973) Cleopatra Jones (1973) Coffy (1973) Detroit 9000 (1973) Five on the Black Hand Side (1973) Fox Style (1973) Ganja & Hess (1973) Gordon's War (1973) Hell Up in Harlem (1973) Hit! (1973) I Escaped From Devil's Island (1973) The Mack (1973) Miss Melody Jones (1973) Savage! (1973) Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973) Shaft in Africa (1973) The Slams (1973) Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973) The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) Superfly T.N.T. (1973) Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973) That Man Bolt (1973) Trick Baby (1973) Abby (1974) Amazing Grace (1974) The Arena (1974) Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974) Black Belt Jones (1974) The Black Connection (1974) Black Eye (1974) The Black Godfather (1974) Black Samson (1974) The Black Six (1974) Blackenstein (1974) Boss Nigger (1974) The Dynamite Brothers (1974) The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) Foxy Brown (1974) Get Christie Love! (TV) (1974) Hangup (1974) The House on Skull Mountain (1974) Johnny Tough (1974) Savage Sisters (1974) Space Is the Place (1974) Sugar Hill (1974) Thomasine and Bushrod (1974) Three the Hard Way (1974) Tough Guys (aka Les Durs) (1974) Together Brothers (1974) Truck Turner (1974) Uptown Saturday Night (1974) Willie Dynamite (1974) Zebra Killer (1974) Aaron Loves Angela (1975) The Black Gestapo (1975) Black Lolita (1975) Black Sister's Revenge (1975) Bucktown (1975) The Candy Tangerine Man (1975) Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) Coonskin (1975) Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) Darktown Strutters (1975) Diamonds (1975) Dolemite (1975) Friday Foster (1975) Lady Cocoa (1975) Let's Do It Again (1975) Mahogany (1975) Mandingo (1975) Sheba, Baby (1975) T.N.T. Jackson (1975) Take a Hard Ride (1975) Welcome Home, Brother Charles (1975) Adios Amigo (1976) The Bad Bunch (1976) The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) Black Heat (1976) Black Shampoo (1976) Brotherhood of Death (1976) Car Wash (1976) Death Journey (1976) Disco 9000 (1976) Dolemite II: Human Tornado (1976) Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976) Drum (1976) Ebony, Ivory & Jade (1976) Emma Mae (1976) Hot Potato (1976) J. D.'s Revenge (1976) Leadbelly (1976) Mean Johnny Barrows (1976) The Monkey Hu$tle (1976) The Muthers (1976) No Way Back' (1976) Norman... Is That You? (1976) Pipe Dreams (1976) Sparkle (1976) Take Another Hard Ride aka Kid Vengeance (1976) The Human Tornado (1976) Velvet Smooth (1976) Bare Knuckles (1977) The Baron (1977) Black Fist (1977) Black Samurai (1977) Brothers (1977) G.I. Bro (1977) (also known as Quel maledetto treno blindato) Greased Lightning (1977) The Greatest (1977) In Your Face (aka Abar, the First Black Superman) (1977) Mr. Mean (1977) Petey Wheatstraw (1977) A Piece of the Action (1977) Scott Joplin (1977) Which Way Is Up? (1977) Black Eliminator (1978) Blind Rage (1978) Youngblood (1978) Black Jack (1979) The Hitter (1979) Penitentiary (1979) Disco Godfather (aka Avenging Disco Godfather) (1980) The Big Score (1980) Soul Patrol (1980) One Down, Two to Go (1982) Othello (1982) Penitentiary II (1982) The Last Fight (1983) Black Devil Doll From Hell (1984) The Last Dragon (1985) Foxtrap (1986) Penitentiary 3 (1987) Action Jackson (1988) I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) Return of Superfly (1990) Gayniggers from Outer Space (1992) Posse (1993) The Great White Hype (1996) Original Gangstas (1996) Undercover Brother (2002) Vampiyaz (2004) Black Dynamite (2009)

Jplvnv (talk) 20:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)jplvnv

Untitled
A lot of these films are linked to IMDb.com until their pages are created on Wikipedia. - QzDaddy 00:00, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Horrible List
This is an awful list. It is overly broad, gives no sources for its citations, and seemingly mentions every black comedy and action film made in the last 40 years as well as every movie made during the "Blaxploitation" era. One could say it is almost bigoted in its view of commercial black cinema as purely exploitative, but it's more appropriate to note that it's just poorly made. Infamous30 (talk) 17:38, 15 August 2013 (UTC)