movies : fringe

Blaxploitation

  • http://www.blaxploitation.com The films which produced the most innovative music, if not plot, were the black alternative to these mainstream offerings. Now known as 'blaxploitation' films, they satisfied the demand from inner-city audiences for movies made by and for blacks. It should be noted that the term 'blaxploitation' refers to the films' continuation of the trashy 'exploitation' films of the 1960's rather than the film studios 'using' black actors. [...] while Roy Ayers produced the superb 'Coffy' soundtrack in 1973. [...]

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