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Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business.
Aug 4, 2022 · The movie's gritty, authentic depiction of street life and its flamboyant lead character created archetypes that have inspired legions of future storytellers and musicians.
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Jun 12, 2018 · Are you stoked for "Superfly"? The remake of the 1972 classic film hits theaters Wednesday. Here are five key things you should know before walking into the theater.
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Abstract: Super Fly was a landmark case of African American participation in major release filmmaking. The film's narrative about Harlem cocaine dealers dramatized black business dynamism operating inside white-dominated power structures, and this spoke reflexively to the circumstances of the film's making.
Jun 18, 2018 · Inflation was brutal in the '70s, so it's no surprise that everything in SuperFly — a glossy update of Gordon Parks, Jr.'s gritty 1972 blaxploitation landmark Super [spacebar] Fly — is exponentially bigger. The original was a cinéma vérité quickie; nothing else in it was as memorable as Curtis Mayfield's funky soundtrack, or the still ...
Jun 11, 2018 · With the remake of the blaxploitation classic Super Fly opening in theaters this week, we’re looking back on the genre’s 1970s heyday.
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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.
