Hello, my name's Justin Klu, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.

And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

And today, we're talking about Pam Greer.

That's right, folks.

I'm Foxy Cleopatra, and I'm a whole lot of woman.

Will, we talked about you not doing this when the show started.

Sorry, that wasn't Pam Greer.

That was a character modeled after Pam Greer in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember.

So Pam Greer is an actor.

Do you think she is well known by the general populace?

That's a tough question because within the general populace, there are many general populaces. I'm sure moviegoers in the 70s, especially black moviegoers in the 70s, definitely know her. She's a household name. And in fact, you know what? I would say, yeah, she's been around enough. I think if I said Pam Greer, people can conjure an image in their mind, many people, maybe even most people. They conjure the image of like

the strong black, usually action star. Bad-ass chick with a gun with an afro in 70s clothes or,

or on the cover of Jackie Brown holding the gun. Yes, because thanks to Quint Tarantino, she got a second

life. Unfortunately, in a movie that didn't pop as much as Tarantino was hoping at the time,

it did lead to some more career work, but we'll get to that later,

because we should start more at the beginning in her defining roles with people like filmmaker

Jack Hill.

The key Pam Greer films are Coffee from 1973, Foxy Brown from 1974. There are others, but I would say

those are the two. Those are the two, like, defining ones. And she's notable because this was at

the peak of the black exploitation era. And black exploitation films, black exploitation, and

there are many debates that have been had over that term, whether

that's a condescending term. It's become like a catch-all term that everyone uses.

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