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  1. Jun 11, 2018 · Super Fly (1972) Watching Super Fly decades after its theatrical run, it could be easy to fall into a trap of treating it as high camp, what with its almost cartoonish slang, dated (yet awesome ...

  2. Super Fly resonated with many of the post-Civil Rights Movement generation of African Americans, who saw Youngblood as a new example of how to rise in the American class system. [14] Several California organized crime veterans, including drug trafficker "Freeway" Rick Ross , have cited the film as an influence upon their personal decision to take up drug dealing and gang violence.

  3. Nov 7, 2019 · Inner-city cocaine dealer Youngblood Priest causes a bit of tension when he interrupts an underground craps game in an attempt to speak to his business partn...

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  4. Ron O'Neal stars as the iconic Super Fly.Directed by Gordon Parks Jr., this was one of the most financially successful blaxploitation films and is a well-lov...

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  5. A Harlem cocaine dealer’s million-dollar score is gummed up when corrupt cops working for the Mob learn of his plan and try to partner with him.

    • Gordon Parks Jr.
    • January 1, 1972
  6. Super Fly: Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.. With Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris. The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

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  8. Aug 4, 2022 · Super Fly eventually spawned two half-hearted sequels and a 2018 remake film. Many of those involved in making the original movie, including Ron O’Neal, Sig Shore and Gordon Parks Jr., have died, but the film’s influence lives on in hip-hop culture and pop life. Fenty offers a simple explanation for its pop culture longevity.

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