This week, I am featuring World of Hurt: The Thrill-Seekers.

Hopefully, you remember the blaxploitation movement in film of the 1970’s. It was an important time in American film. There was  a clear shift in the way in which people of color were portrayed on the big screen. Prior to 1970, minorities were relegated to the roles of servants and menial laborers, a sad reflection of the civil rights struggle in our country. With the emergence of classic blaxploitation films, such as Trouble Man, Shaft and others, minorities in urban communities were finally… Read more..
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