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Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series.
Jul 2, 1971 · "Shaft " is mostly entertainment , but it was also an important movie for black people. It's one of those rare movies where the black guy is a hero . The situation now changed , but long time ago it was a breakthrough movie .
A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob.
John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy (Moses Gunn), the leader of the black crime mob, then against black nationals,...
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One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features; Shaft’s Big Score!, the 1972 follow-up to Shaft by director Gordon Parks; New documentary featuring curator Rhea L. Combs, film scholar Racquel J. Gates, filmmaker Nelson George, and music scholar Shana L. Redmond
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. Ernest Tidyman. Novel, Screenplay.
Jul 2, 2021 · "Shaft" was released 50 years ago this week. The film heralded what came to be known as Blaxploitation cinema, a genre with a chequered legacy that also created inspired, Oscar-winning music.
