Archived GAC Evening Events

A look at blaxploitation films

From Duke university A look at Representations of African Americans in Film

A look at The Blaxploitation Era from Harvard magazine

Is Blaxploitation is Exploitation?

A look at if Blaxploitation Still Relevant

A panel discussion on Blaxploitation hosted by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

A look at Blaxploitation with Mikel j Koven, author of the book 'Blaxploitation Films'

Picking up where "The Slap" left off, Black Film archivist and historian CHARLES WOODS (a.k.a. The Professor) explores the Real Reason behind Blaxploitation's rise as a film genre and its sociopolitical impact on Black Urban Unrest during the Late 60s. In this exclusive clip, he shares insights into the four films that led off this explosion: COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADASSSSS SONG, SHAFT and SUPER FLY. Camera and Edit: Mike D. Archival clip and photo research: Charles Woods.

From the Reelblack vault comes this exclusive clip of actress/singer/author NICHELLE NICHOLS from the press room at the 2008 EAST COAST BLACK AGE OF COMICS CONVENTION in Philadelphia, PA. Journalist RAYMOND TYLER asks Ms. Nichols about working in film during the Blaxploitation era and the role her character LT. UHURA played in advancing the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. www.ecbacc.com uhura.com Special Thanks: Raymond Tyler & ECBACC

A view on Blaxploitation from filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles

This is a pseudo-documentray montage focusing on the genre/movement known as blaxploitation that came about in the early 1970's. It uses clips from well known flicks "Shaft" and "Super Fly," and interview footage from documentaries concerning the subject to examine whether these films should be considered 'revolutionary' or simply 'ridiculous

Michael Jai White actor of the parody of blaxploitation films Black Dynamite gives his take on blaxploitation