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‘Shaft’ Helped Create the Archetype Black Action Hero of the 1970s
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‘Shaft’ Helped Create the Archetype Black Action Hero of the 1970s

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Imran Khan
/ 12 July 2022

Gordon Parks’ classic blaxploitation film Shaft presents Richard Roundtree as a swaggering, controversial action hero in gritty, early ’70s New York.

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The New Classics – The 30 Best Films of 2008

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Speed Racer

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/ 9 May 2008
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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

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/ 27 April 2008
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The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

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/ 10 January 2007
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Brick (2005)

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/ 14 August 2006
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Brick (2005)

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/ 7 April 2006

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