SHAFT (1971)
Musician Isaac Hayes' instantly recognizable, Oscar®-winning theme song, lead actor Richard Roundtree's charisma and heaps of streetwise attitude have ensured SHAFT's status as an all-time cult classic. But writer/director Gordon Parks' SHAFT also signaled a new direction in films made by and for African Americans. This smart, stylish homage to the tradition of hard-boiled detective fiction finds Roundtree as "the Black private dick" John Shaft, hired by a Harlem drug lord (Moses Gunn) to find his kidnapped daughter. DIR Gordon Parks; SCR John D.F. Black, Ernest Tidyman, from Tidyman's novel; PROD Joel Freeman. U.S., 1971, color, 100 min. RATED R
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Run Time: 100 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, September 13, 2024
Genre: Action
