SILVER

After her government-agent boyfriend is gunned down right before her eyes by a drug syndicate, Foxy Brown (Pam Grier) takes matters into her own hands. She infiltrates the criminal network by posing as a high-class prostitute and then navigates a tangled web of crime, drugs and sex as she seeks the men responsible. The fourth collaboration between Grier and director Jack Hill, made just one year after their seminal work on COFFY, is a high-stakes tale of female empowerment that further cemented Grier’s status as a blaxploitation icon. DIR/SCR Jack Hill; PROD Buzz Feitshans. U.S., 1974, color, 92 min. RATED R

AFI Member passes accepted.