Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema biography “Thrillingly cerebral

“Thrillingly cerebral

A tribute to 50 years of the Toronto International Film Festival

He was playing softball as a child when the opposing team began to war-whoop when he was at bat

and features over one hundred pages of art and editorials curated by Layered Butter

This unprecedented history of Black cinema examines 100 years of Black movies—from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitation films to Black Panther—using the struggles and triumphs of the artists

Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema biography “Thrillingly cerebralThe definitive account of Blaxploitation cinemathe freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genrefrom 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 Peebless Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song, an independently produced film about a male sex worker who beats up cops and gets away, and Gordon Parkss Shaft, a