The Queen of Blaxploitation

The Plot Thickens

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Tv & Film, Film History

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Pam’s career hits new heights as Black-themed movies take the country by storm. She stars in four low-budget films in the span of one year, including two bonafide hits: Coffy and Foxy Brown. Yet her celebrity is tied to controversy, as Blaxploitation gets criticized by the Black community and snubbed by the Hollywood establishment.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ben, just a quick note before we start.
0:03.0	This episode discusses themes of racial and sexual violence.
0:14.0	In July 1972, Jack Hill's second movie with Pam Greer hit theaters.
0:19.0	The Big Bird Cage.
0:22.0	Meet the girls of the Big Bird Cage
0:25.0	and then slave to every cruel whim and desire of a ruthless madman.
0:30.0	And a wild rampage.
0:32.0	After finishing the movie in the Philippines, Jack returned to Los Angeles.
0:36.0	He was looking for his next project when he got a call from AIP,
0:40.0	the same studio where Pam once answered phones.
0:44.0	AIP specialized in cheap, low-budget movies.
0:48.0	And I went in for a meeting and I was hoping to get something
0:51.0	that I could really get into.
0:52.0	And the first thing he said was he said,
0:54.0	we want to picture about a black woman's revenge movie
0:57.0	where she kills the shit out of two guys in the opening scene.
1:05.0	My first feeling was, oh, you know, a black picture.
1:08.0	It's not something I really know about.
1:10.0	Not something that I really, but then I said, wait a minute.
1:14.0	I can get Pam Greer to this.
1:18.0	Jack called Pam and told her his dilemma.
1:21.0	AIP wanted a black woman's revenge movie.
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