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The Education of Sonny Carson is a 1974 American biographical drama directed by Michael Campus and adapted from Sonny Carson's autobiography. Set largely in Brooklyn, it follows Carson from childhood involvement with a street gang through incarceration and his later development as a community activi...

"Cornbread, Earl and Me" is a 1975 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Joseph Manduke, based on Ronald L. Fair's 1966 novel "Hog Butcher." The narrative focuses on the lives of three Black youths in an urban neighborhood whose lives are shattered when a local basketball star is unjustly ki...

"Claudine" is a 1974 American romantic comedy-drama directed by John Berry, starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones. The film follows a hardworking African American single mother of six in Harlem who navigates the restrictive rules of the public welfare system while engaging in a romance with...

Foxy Brown is a 1974 American action film directed by Jack Hill and starring Pam Grier in the title role. Grier plays a woman who infiltrates a criminal organization while pursuing revenge for the murder of her government-agent boyfriend. The film is associated with the blaxploitation cycle of the 1...

Sparkle is a 1976 American musical drama directed by Sam O'Steen, starring Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Philip Michael Thomas. The film follows three sisters from Harlem who form a singing group and navigate personal and professional conflicts as they rise to fame in the 1960s, drawing inspiration...

Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby as co-star. Poitier and Cosby play lodge brothers who travel to New Orleans and use hypnosis to make a boxer believe he is exceptionally strong, allowing them to manipulate a bout and ra...

Coonskin is a 1975 American live-action and animated satirical crime film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi. Adapted from the Uncle Remus stories, it follows the anthropomorphic Brother Rabbit, Preacher Fox, and Brother Bear as they enter organized crime in Harlem and confront corrupt police, con...

Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy and crime film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte in prominent roles. Poitier and Cosby play friends whose wallets are stolen during a robbery at an illegal nightclub; one wallet contains a winning lotte...

Truck Turner is a 1974 American action and blaxploitation film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Isaac Hayes plays Mack "Truck" Turner, a Los Angeles bounty hunter whose work places him in conflict with professional killers and criminal figures. The film is notable for giving Hayes his first major screen...

Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz and set during a busy day at a Los Angeles car wash. Its ensemble story follows employees, customers, and passersby whose conversations and conflicts unfold while the workplace continues operating; the film is also associated with a...

Mahogany is a 1975 American romantic drama directed by Berry Gordy and starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Perkins. Ross plays Tracy Chambers, a young woman from Chicago who enters the fashion world and becomes an internationally recognized designer and model. The film combines a ro...

Amazing Grace is a 1974 American comedy film starring Moms Mabley as an elderly woman who becomes involved in local political organizing. The story follows her effort to oppose corruption and support a candidate for neighborhood mayor, using humor to address community power and civic action. The fil...

Boss Nigger is a 1975 American Western film associated with the blaxploitation cycle. It was directed by Jack Arnold and stars Fred Williamson as a former bounty hunter who becomes sheriff in a frontier town where racism and violence shape local power. The film combines Western conventions with the...

Bucktown is a 1975 American action and crime film directed by Arthur Marks. Fred Williamson plays a man who becomes involved in a small town after discovering that corrupt police officers control and terrorize the community. Pam Grier also stars in the film. Its story uses the conflict between resid...

Emma Mae is a 1976 American drama directed by Jamaa Fanaka. The film follows a naive young woman from Mississippi who moves to Los Angeles and becomes more hardened as she encounters crime, exploitation, and urban conflict. It was also released under the title Black Sister's Revenge and is commonly...

Mandingo is a 1975 historical drama directed by Richard Fleischer and adapted from Kyle Onstott's novel. Set on an antebellum American plantation, the film depicts slavery, sexual exploitation, violence, and conflicts among members of the enslaving family and the people they hold in bondage. Its sen...

Willie Dynamite is a 1974 American crime drama starring Roscoe Orman as a New York City pimp whose business is challenged by rival operators and a determined prosecutor. The film follows the pressures created by competition, law enforcement, and changing conditions in the city's street economy. It i...

Black Belt Jones is a 1974 American martial arts film starring Jim Kelly. Its story centers on a karate school threatened by gangsters, leading the title character to use martial-arts skill and street alliances in its defense. The film combines action conventions from Hong Kong kung fu cinema with t...

Three the Hard Way is a 1974 American action film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, and Jim Kelly. Its story follows three men who uncover a plan to poison Black communities across the United States and work together to stop it. The film is associated with the bla...

Sheba, Baby is a 1975 action film directed by William Girdler and starring Pam Grier. Grier plays Sheba Shay, a Chicago private investigator who returns to her hometown and confronts a mob effort to take control of local business interests. The film is part of the 1970s blaxploitation tradition and...

J.D.'s Revenge is a 1976 American blaxploitation horror film directed by Arthur Marks. Glynn Turman plays a New Orleans law student whose body becomes linked to the vengeful spirit of a gangster from an earlier era. The film combines crime elements, supernatural possession, and horror, and is intend...

Friday Foster is a 1975 American action film directed by Arthur Marks and starring Pam Grier in the title role. Grier plays a magazine photographer who becomes involved in a conspiracy targeting prominent Black political leaders. The film combines investigative action, crime, and political thriller...

Drum is a 1976 American blaxploitation period film directed by Steve Carver. It serves as a sequel to Mandingo and stars Ken Norton and Warren Oates in a story set against the system of antebellum plantation slavery. The film is intended for viewers interested in 1970s exploitation cinema, historica...

Take a Hard Ride is a 1975 Western directed by Antonio Margheriti. The film is distinguished by its combination of performers associated with blaxploitation and Western cinema, including Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, and Lee Van Cleef. It is relevant to viewers interested in action Westerns...

Together Brothers is a 1974 American crime film directed by William A. Graham. Its story is structured as a murder mystery, and its musical score was composed by singer Barry White. The film is relevant to viewers interested in urban crime dramas of the 1970s, youth-centered stories, blaxploitation...

Sugar Hill is a 1974 American horror film made within the blaxploitation tradition. It features Marki Bey as a woman who uses voodoo zombies to pursue revenge against organized crime. The film is distinguished by combining supernatural horror, revenge, and crime themes, and it is intended for viewer...

Thomasine & Bushrod is a 1974 American revisionist Western directed by Gordon Parks Jr. The film follows a pair of multiracial outlaws who rob banks across the American frontier. It is distinguished by placing an interracial outlaw partnership at the center of a period Western and is relevant to vie...

Mr. Scarface is a 1976 crime film associated with the blaxploitation cycle of American cinema. Jack Palance plays a powerful underworld figure whose criminal organization faces pressure from competing criminals and law-enforcement authorities. The film is intended for viewers interested in 1970s cri...

The Candy Tangerine Man is a 1975 American action and crime film directed by Matt Cimber. John Daniels plays a Los Angeles pimp who presents himself as a family man while managing a criminal business and confronting pressure from the Mafia. The film belongs to the blaxploitation era and is aimed at...