CLEVELAND, Ohio — I doubt “Super Fly” could play to Black audiences nowadays the same way it did August 4, 1972, when the film premiered at the Scrumpy-Dump Cinema on East 105th Street. Such a thought ...
It has been 50 years since Sheila Frazier made her big-screen debut as Georgia, girlfriend to wily drug dealer Youngblood Priest, in the blaxploitation film classic Super Fly. And Frazier estimates ...
IndieWire spoke to the Canadian director, best known for overseeing music videos for Drake, Rihanna, Jay-Z, and more. When Sony Pictures asked Director X to remake 1972 blaxploitation classic “Super ...
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Remaking “Super Fly” was never going to be without its perils. The 1972 film, directed by Gordon Parks Jr., was one of the essential building blocks of the decade’s Blaxploitation movement, and ...
Gangster movies are an incredibly useful media artifact for examining the fraught relationship between historically marginalized groups and the myth of the American dream. 1972’s super cool ...
A vulgar, truth allergic man is president. America is hamstrung by governmental scandal, unwinnable war, epidemic drug abuse, and racist police brutality. The year is 1972. The movie of the summer is ...
The Library of Congress’ National Film Registry will expand its catalog to include classic films like “House Party” and “Super Fly” among those chosen for this year’s additions to the esteemed list.