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JACKIE BROWN (1997) Sunday, 10 a.m. , TNT Quentin Tarantino revived 1970’s blaxploitation sexpot, Pam Grier’s acting career — not to mention her profile — with this wacky spoof from an Elmore Leonard novel. Full Article at New York Post
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PAM GRIER MOVIES: Foxy Brown, Coffy, Black Mama White Mama The undisputed queen of Blaxploitation films, Pam Grier is the baddest breezy in every sense of the word. Full Article at Complex
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In Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, two story lines, each containing a strong female character, converge in a violent, bloody finale. Actress Diane Kruger plays one of these women -- a 1940s German screen star named Bridget von Hammersmark. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T
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This week, Showtime announced that it was producing a new sitcom called "The C Word," starring acclaimed film and theater actress Laura Linney. Full Article at No Control
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Photo: Universal Pictures So Quentin Tarantino scores his biggest opening weekend ($37.6 million) with Inglourious Basterds and the media gives Brad Pitt all the credit for bringing the babes into Quentin's violent world. Full Article at Rolling Stone
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They dealt with the universals of the time ... The Vietnam War, that it was a racist operation, and the cannon fodder were blacks and Latinos. Also the social concern that there was still a lot of racism in the country, the kind that was not so overt. And of course your universal themes of love, hate, b...
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These people spoke to me because they spoke like me, they looked like me, they had simple dreams like me ... I came to these films as a young teen, and I could not believe I was seeing people like me, with big Afros, living in the ghetto. I thought, 'That's my life,' so it was uplifting for me.
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Where's our George Clooney? There are not many people who are representative of the black alpha male today. Once the mid-'70s and the blockbuster came around, Hollywood had no more use for these black action stars.
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These films made me feel proud in a way Sidney Poitier didn't; he was detached from the inner-city experience
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