Shaft (1971)
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Thu, Feb 22 @ 9:15 pm: Introduced by Mark Pagán, host and creator of the podcast Other Men Need Help
Director: Gordon Parks Run Time: 100 min. Format: 35mm Rating: R Release Year: 1971
Starring: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Christopher St. John, Charles Cioffi, Gwenn Mitchell, Lawrence Pressman
John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy (Moses Gunn), the leader of the black crime mob, then against black nationals, and finally working with both against the white mafia who are trying to blackmail Bumpy by kidnapping his daughter.
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