Coffy - My favorite of all of Pam Grier’s films and the film that launched her career and gave her the title of the Queen of Blaxploitation films. Coffy is the story of a nurse who takes revenge on the drug pushers who got her little sister hooked on smack. It’s a no holds barred retaliation film on getting back when the system doesn’t seem to work.
I think of all of the films of this era this one still hold up quite well.
A Soldiers Story - Another film with a stellar black male cast that includes, Howard Rollins and Adolph Caesar. It involves an investigation into the death of a black soldier. Patti Labelle also makes an appearance as the singer in the bar.
Claudine - James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll bring this film about a mother with several kids living on welfare to life. It was a love story for the time.
Menace II Society - Larenz Tate gives the performance of a lifetime in this tale of two friends looking for a way to make it in the world. The film also stars Jada Pinkett. This is one of my top 200 films.
School Daze -My favorite Spike Lee film. The musical numbers are a little long, but it’s a great story set in the weekend of Hell week at a fictitious black college. The cast includes Lawrence Fishburne, Spike Lee, Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Tisha Campbell, Giancarlo Espisito, and Joi Lee among other up and coming stars of that time.
Do The Right Thing - Another Spike Lee film, I had issues with the films message when I first saw the film. It’s very controversial and makes you think. The film stars Spike’s usual players which have become a staple with him as with other famous film directors.
Get on the Bus - This is my second best Spike Lee film. It’s the story of a bus load of black men heading to the Million Man March which was put on by Louis Farakan. I think Spike captures the various images of a black man as they try to understand themselves and each other.
The Feast of All Saints - This film was adapted from the novel by Anne Rice and it deals with race relations among blacks in Louisiana. It gives us an insight on the Octoroon balls which were so famous. It’s an all star cast including, Ben Vareen, Pam Grier, and Jasmine Guy.
Eve’s Bayou - This film as I’ve written before assembles a black cast of some of Hollywood’s most beautiful women. Lynn Whitfield, Diahann Carroll and Debbi Morgan. It’s truly an interesting tale of a local doctor and the love of his daughter and his female patients.
Also check out: Cornbread, Earl and Me, Juice, Jungle Fever, Scream Blacula Scream, and Buck and the Preacher.
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