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Home » Blaxploitation

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Posted inBlogs

Chicago rapper Noname opens all the doors on the new Room 25

by Tyra Nicole Triche September 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Noname’s debut album mixes her serious social commentary with a new sensuality and humor.

Posted inFilm

Spike Lee brings the blaxploitation classic Ganja & Hess back from the grave

by Ben Sachs February 11, 2015August 18, 2021

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus pays tribute to the 70s chiller.

Posted inBlogs

My full interview with longtime Chicago film programmer Floyd Webb

by Ben Sachs September 20, 2013August 19, 2021

The creator of Blacklight Cinema, a Chicago film festival that ran from 1982 to 1995, reminisces about the history of black underground filmmaking and his own “adventures in cinema.”

Floyd Webb
Posted inFilm

A rare film from the blaxploitation era

by Ben Sachs September 12, 2013August 19, 2021

Black Cinema House programmer Floyd Webb presents a rare art film from the blaxploitation era.

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: Blaxploitation cinema

by Drew Hunt August 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Weekly Top Five: Blaxploitation

Posted inBlogs

Haile Gerima answers for Bush Mama at Logan Center for the Arts

by J.R. Jones May 7, 2013August 19, 2021

The venerable indie filmmaker returns to Chicago this Thursday.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Black-Power Movie Ever Shot Under Richard J. Daley’s Nose

by J.R. Jones June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

The Spook Who Sat By the Door

Black Dynamite
Posted inFilm

Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video

by J.R. Jones August 13, 2009August 19, 2021

The festival rolls into week two at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

Posted inBlogs

The father of Blaxploitation is back

by Ed M. Koziarski April 10, 2009August 19, 2021

Melvin Van Peebles’ “Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha” has its Chicago premiere tonight at the Parkway Ballroom.

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