Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema by Henderson, Odie

Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

A definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema--the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre--from a distinctive voice in...
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Author: Odie Henderson
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Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema by Henderson, Odie

Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

¥6,565

Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

¥6,565
Author: Odie Henderson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema--the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre--from a distinctive voice in film history and criticism

In 1971, two films grabbed the movie business, shook it up, and launched a genre that would help define the decade. Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, an independently produced film about a male prostitute who beats up cops and gets away, and Gordon Parks's Shaft, a studio-financed film with a killer soundtrack, were huge hits, making millions of dollars. Sweetback upended cultural expectations by having its Black rebel win in the end, and Shaft saved MGM from bankruptcy. Not for the last time did Hollywood discover that Black people went to movies too. The Blaxploitation era was born.

Written by film critic Odie Henderson, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras is a spirited history of a genre and the movies that he grew up watching, which he loves without irony (but with plenty of self-awareness and humor). Blaxploitation was a major trend, but it was never simple. The films mixed self-empowerment with exploitation, base stereotypes with essential representation that spoke to the lives and fantasies of Black viewers. The time is right for a reappraisal, understanding these films in the context of the time, and exploring their lasting influence.

Author: Odie Henderson
Publisher: Abrams Press
Published: 01/30/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781419758416

About the Author
Odie "Odienator" Henderson is the chief film critic of the Boston Globe and runs the blogs Big Media Vandalism and Tales of Odienary Madness. A lover of film noir, musicals, Blaxploitation, bad art, and good trash, Henderson was previously a contributing writer at RogerEbert.com from 2011 to 2022. He has written for Slant Magazine's The House Next Door blog since 2006. His work has also appeared in The Village Voice, Vulture, Cineaste Magazine, MovieMezzanine, Movies Without Pity, and Salon. He recently finished a long career in IT. He lives in northern New Jersey.

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