This film probably scared albinos 100x more than Jaws, The Exorcist or Texas Chainsaw. Actually, not long after the release of this film is when the US government flooded black communities with crack.
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Great movie, People need to see the interview of Sam Greenlee. He explains why many Blacks from Chicago love their people, even though their people may not love themselves.
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Undoubtedly one of the greatest African American movies ever made!
What is sad is that since this one was made, no other movie like it has been made by Negroes since.
Instead, of an intelligent black man like Lawrence Cook who played Free man, we got a Homo in a dress, Tyler Perry and an infinite number of Boyz In The Hood rip-offs made by rappers encouraging Negro on Negro violence.
Negroes always say that things in the US are getting better for blacks, but isn't it apparent that all the issues raised in this 1973 film are still major issues in black communities, if not amplified and increased.
Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" showed disorganized Negroes reacting in a random and unplanned violent localized uprising, but this film really showed the true potential of Negroes to shut down the whole country. It also highlights the choices Negroes make in rebelling, or remaining submissive, like the COP, who had to go and Freeman's decisiveness in making the sacrifice of his friendship for the greater cause.
It would really be something if some modern black producer remade this classic and added additional detail.
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