Like his son, Gordon Parks Sr. only directed a handful of movies, but that’s all it took to change movies forever with classics like his 1969 debut The Learning Tree, the first studio film directed by a black man, 1972’s Shaft and his powerful final film, the 1976 biopic Leadbelly.
Read MoreThanks to fine work by star Glynn Turmann and cult director Arthur Marks, the 1976 evil pimp possession shocker J.D’s Revenge is way scarier and more artful than it has any right to be.
Read MoreOur deep dive into the filmography of Rudy Ray Moore concludes with a loving appreciation of a wild and wacky supernatural Rudy Ray Moore vehicle—from hell!
Read MoreDolemite is his name. Fucking up motherfuckers is his game!
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