blaxploitation
noun
blax·ploi·ta·tion
ˌblak-(ˌ)splȯi-ˈtā-shən 
: the exploitation of Black people by producers of Black-oriented films
—often used before another noun
blaxploitation movies
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Ganja & Hess centers on an anthropologist who turns vampire after being stabbed with a cursed dagger, but Gunn was not interested in appeasing the capitalist appetite for another blaxploitation piece in the early ’70s.
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Amos also starred in Melvin Van Peebles‘ blaxploitation classic Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971), and co-starred alongside Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming to America (1988).
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Although Black audiences had been courted before, this was done mostly with blaxploitation pictures like Shaft and Super Fly.
—Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
Her mother was a famed blaxploitation star and her grandmother was a grand dame of the theater.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Amos also starred in Melvin Van Peebles‘ blaxploitation classic Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971), and co-starred alongside Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming to America (1988).
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Although Black audiences had been courted before, this was done mostly with blaxploitation pictures like Shaft and Super Fly.
—Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
Her mother was a famed blaxploitation star and her grandmother was a grand dame of the theater.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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“Blaxploitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blaxploitation. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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