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BaadAsssss Cinema: A Bold Look at '70s Blaxploitation Films

Director: Isaac Julien
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DVD Features:

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 56 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Released:
  • Originally Released: 2002
  • Label: New Video Group
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 1.85
  • Audio:
    • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Additional Release Material:
    • Interviews: Pam Grier - Featured, Quentin Tarantino - Featured
  • Interactive Features:
    • Interactive Menus
    • Scene Access

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Entertainment Reviews:

USA Today - 01/31/2003
"...Isaac Julien's snappy 56-minute documentary reminds us how blaxploitation melodramas crucially energized the movie industry during Hollywood's early-'70s box office slump..."

Product Description:

Produced by the Independent Film Channel (IFC), this documentary by filmmaker Isaac Julien takes a look at blaxploitation films, and the huge cult following that has built up around them. Interviews with some of the original actors and directors of the genre are featured, including Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier and Melvin Van Peebles; Latter day fan Quentin Tarantino also offers his opinions. The explosive mixture of incredible fashions, hairstyles, comedy, sex, action and music contained in these films has won millions of fans all over the globe, find out why in BAASASSSSS CINEMA!

Plot Keywords:

1970s | Action | African American Cinema | Blaxploitation | Cult | Documentary | Sex

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Product Info:

  • Sales Rank: 77,270
  • ISBN: 0767049632
  • UPC: 767685951439
  • Shipping Weight: 0.37/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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