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Foxy Brown is a 1974 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character who takes on a gang of drug dealers who killed her boyfriend. [3] The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Truck Turner.
The Mark of the Beast. (1974) Singles from Foxy Brown. "Theme of Foxy Brown" / "Give Me Some of That Good Old Love". "Foxy Lady" / "You Sure Know How to Love Your Man". "Chase". "Ain't That (Mellow, Mellow)" Foxy Brown is the second soundtrack and the fifth studio album by American soul musician Willie Hutch, for the film of the same name.
Grier subsequently played similar characters in the AIP films Foxy Brown (1974), Friday Foster and Sheba, Baby (both 1975). Coffy is a favorite of Quentin Tarantino, and he ranks it high among his top 20 best films. [23] He later hired Grier for Jackie Brown in 1997, a film with clear inspiration from films like Coffy and Foxy Brown. Tarantino ...
The actress is producing a seven-part limited series based on her book “Foxy: My Life in Three Acts.” Pam Grier […] Pam Grier to develop ‘Foxy Brown’ musical, TV series based on her memoir
Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s, when the combined momentum of the civil rights movement, the black power movement, and the Black Panthers spurred African American artists to reclaim the power of depiction of their ethnicity, and institutions like UCLA to provide financial assistance for African American ...
Get Christie Love! is an American crime drama TV series starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female detective which originally aired on ABC from January 22, 1974, until April 5, 1975. The starring television role made Graves the second black female lead in a non- stereotypical role for a U.S. weekly series, after Diahann Carroll in Julia.
Jackie Brown pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly Coffy and Foxy Brown, both of which also starred Grier. It is the only feature-length film directed by Tarantino that was based on another work. [3] Jackie Brown was released in the United States on December 25, 1997 by Miramax Films. It received positive reviews and grossed ...
March is Women’s History Month , which means it’s time to spice up our streaming queue with the best feminist movies. And thanks to streaming platforms like...