CLEVELAND, Ohio — I feel wistful whenever I hear people mention the films that defined the blaxploitation genre. No better film exists from that period than “Shaft,” although some folk might argue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections ...

Here’s why so many pirates of African descent share the name “Black Caesar.” You may have heard of the larger-than-life “Black Caesar” who plundered alongside Blackbeard. But as it turns out, there ...

Indie outfit Louverture Films (Nickel Boys) will partner with Cinewax Films and USC Media to develop an audio series, animé series and feature film based on the Black Caesar’s Revenge story. Joslyn ...

The Hammer remembers the guerrilla style of director Larry Cohen and how New York City provided a neighborhood full of free extras. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection When ...

An African-American version of Citizen Kane? Great idea. Even historically valid, since Chicago Defender founder Robert S. Abbott–a clear model for this play’s tragic black newspaper mogul, Ciaphus ...

Indie outfit Louverture Films (Nickel Boys) has boarded the forthcoming audio series Black Caesar’s Revenge. Joslyn Barnes of Louverture joins Jean A. Fall of the French-based Cinewax Films and Elora ...

No Tom Grieve, the face of the franchise who retired in 2022 after 55 seasons with the club. No Eric Nadel, the legendary radio voice who is missing Opening Day while taking a mental-health break to ...

In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections between the music of the moment and the films that gave it a platform. It ...

In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections between the music of the moment and the films that gave it a platform. It ...