What was the first Blaxploitation film you ever saw?

[Admin]

Fam, I am watching this DVD called "Baaadassss Cinema"...all about Blaxploitation movies in Hollywood in the 60's and 70's.

So, I was thinking back to the early 70's and the first Blaxploitation film i ever saw....so that's my question and whille were are at it, what was the best Blaxploitation film you ever saw?

Holla

PS: My First film was: Sounder (Paul Winfield/Cicely Tyson)
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Best: Shaft/Superfly (can't seem to choose one)
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[Andre98]

But the first that I saw in the theaters was actually a documentary when in Jr High, round about '72 or '73:
WATTSTAX

[dulce]

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[dulce]

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[dulce]

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[Andre98]

What did I know as a young head? This movie blew me away! It was the first time I saw a popular song merged with a movie, the whole visual magic that later made music videos the rage. The movie opened up with "Whatcha See is whatcha get" by The Dramatics.
Here's a blurb about it from a year 2000 rescreening:

Rarely seen since its release in 1973 and never released on video, Wattstax is a hidden treasure among the concert films of the rock and soul era. It's a documentary of an August 1972 concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum meant to commemorate the 1965 Watts riots; the concert drew an overwhelmingly African-American crowd of 100,000 and turned into a memorable black-pride event. Director Mel Stuart not only focuses on the big names on the Coliseum's stage but also takes his camera out into the community, watching and listening to Watts residents talk about everyday life in the inner city.

The film's highlights include R&B legend Rufus Thomas wittily corralling the crowd after it abandons the bleachers to dance to his "Do the Funky Chicken"; the Bar-Kays encapsulating everything that was screamingly excessive about '70s funk with "Son of Shaft"; and Richard Pryor playing Greek chorus--and reminding us how beautiful he was.

I heard it described back then as the Black Woodstock. Here's another version of the movie poster...the original posters are going for $100 online.

[Melotic]

Originally posted by dulce+
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My favorite...

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[maestro]

My first blaxplotation film was Superfly with Ron O'Neal.

[maestro]

:afro:afroMy first blaxplotation film was Superfly with Ron O'Neal.

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[misha]

the first and only one I have ever seen was Superfly about 2 years ago...I was a kid when those movies came out, they were rated R and my parents were not having it!

[HulaSista]

does warriors count? no?

if not... i can't remember... what was that movie with dianne carroll and earl jones and she had all them kids? CLAUDINE!!! i loved that movie but i only remember seeing it on tv. if that counts then that was my first blackploitation movie.

[aintnojoke]

My first was Car Wash. I remember thinking the hoe in the bathroom was Latoya Jackson....And being in love with Franklin Ajai....BZZZZZ!!! LOL

[ERinger]

Car Wash came on Sunday. I think my first was either Petey Wheatstraw or Coffy.

[Tastey]

My memory is bad so I can't remember what I saw first Car Wash or Petey Wheatstraw. (I saw it this weekend too ain'tno and I was in love with Franklin Ajai too...back then. LOL )

I saw them both when I was 13, but I can't remember which was first.

[mystkev]

I was thinking, ummm, I'm Gon Git You Sucka? But, I guess it was Car Wash.

I haven't seen any other ones.

[aintnojoke]

Petey Wheatstraw was on Stars a few weeks ago. That movie is hilarious!

[Juicey1]

Hell, I can't remember.............too long ago.

We used to catch Coffy and Foxy Brown on tv, but I never went to the movies to see it.

There was one I went to the movies to see........It was about this woman cop/investigator who sold her soul to the devil to help her find out who killed her boyfriend (I think it was her boyfriend). My sister took me to the drive in to see it...........I can't remember the name of it though.

I remember my parents taking us to the drive in to see Gordon's War. I used to love going to the Drive in as a kid.

[sistuhchey]

I would have thought little rascals, and stepp n fetch it..as well as some of the shirely temple flicks...should be in that catagory..but they're not.....I remember reading a bio on stepp n fetch it....brotha man had no problem making his money..he did not smile or dance unless you paid him...lol,lol

but here's a few of my 1st: had to google 'em it's been so long

accross 110th street - 1972

blacula - 1972

come back Charleston blue - 1972

coffy - 1973

Claudine, Superfly, Black Caesear, Blackbelt Jones..(Jim Kelly..1st crush on a high yella negro)..then super fly

[ERinger]

Anyone seen the clips of the indie film "Black Dynamite?" It's a current take on a Blaxploitation film written by and starring Michael Jai White. Looks interesting. I'm wondering if this was even released.

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[davinci]

blackula...at the senator on minnesota ave. paid $3 and you got to watch flicks all day. there was a new release and a filler-flick...needless to say, blackula was not the new release.