Blaxploitation - Dolemite vs The Mack
In the early 70's, "Mainstream films did nothing to give black people a sense that they were powerful and physically beautiful, or, at least for black women, that they were desired if they were darker than a brown grocery sack." (McKissack). That is why blaxploitation films started to come out. The genre was the most productive period in black film making, but it is often difficult to track the titles down. "At a time when most black men realized a fundamental freedom and power over their lives was denied at every turn, the pimp, for better or worse, was equated with self assertion". (Quoted in McKissack). Two movies, Dolemite and The Mack, are both blaxploitation movies about pimps which clearly show the conditions and inherent social problems behind the blaxploitation phenomenon. Blaxploitation movies affected the music industry as well, because modern hip hop music is derived from these movies. Dolemite, starring and produced by Rudy Ray Moore, was made in 1975. "Directed by D'Urville Martin, Dolemite deals with a street smart pimp who was framed by the 4th ward's biggest dope d
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