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      Baadasssss Cinema

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      Jason Gorber Film Scouts While certainly not stupendous, the film does provide a nice primer on the history and context for Blaxploitation cinema. Rated: B- Jun 21, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 23, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member If you're unfamiliar with blaxploitation, dude! quit being so narrow minded! This is the other All American culture all growd-up! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Solid IFC documentary about the history of Blaxploitation films in the 1970s, their cultural importance and their effect on cinema in that period. It could've been more comprehensive but it has several good interviews from many involved, critics, and fans of the genre, like director Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson. I'd love to see a more comprehensive documentary on the subject, that really explores the movement more, but this is decent enough for now. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A thoroughly entertaining and informative reflective examination of one of the most important waves of the U.S. film industry, the is not only a lot of fun to sit through, but delivers a bevy of great interviews from the era's most important figures. Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, and Gloria Hendry offer some truly engrossing insights with Samuel L. Jackson and the always-enthusiastic Quentin Tarantino presenting viewpoints from a different angle. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A important and comprehensive study about the blaxploitation cinema from the 70's with the most representative people of this genre. Fresh. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting documentary on 1970s "Blaxploitation" movies. Insightful interviews and footage. Needed to be longer though. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Oh, no; this is NOT how you are supposed to treat the iconic underground sub-genre of 70s American celluloid. Unlike the great and infamous Ozploitation documentary, "Baadasssss Cinema" (ugh, give me a break) shows its lack of originality and kickass inspiration it required from its very title. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, Isaac Hayes... this is not the treatment they deserve. But just like the Ozploitation doc, we have, once more, Tarantino sticking his nose where it isn't required. Why did I see that coming since the beginning? 53/100 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Isaac Julien