Directed by Ray Marsh • 1975 • United States
Starring Marlene Clark, Lawrence Cook, Wally Taylor
This fascinating, long-overlooked fusion of supernatural horror and Afrocentric mysticism has earned comparisons to Bill Gunn’s reclaimed independent landmark GANJA & HESS. Like that film, LORD SHANGO stars Marlene Clark, here as Jenny, a mother living in the South who turns her back on the Christian church when her daughter’s boyfriend is drowned during a Baptism gone wrong. In a search for both spiritual meaning and vengeance, Jenny turns to the world of voodoo.
Directed by Michael Schultz • 1976 • United States
Starring Ivan Dixon, DeWayne Jessie, Bill Duke
“Workin’ at the car wash, yeah!” It doesn’t get more awesomely ’70s than this funky, freewheeling disco comedy. It’s just another day at the Dee-Luxe Car Wash in Los Angeles, which means that the cl...
Directed by Frank Packard • 1977 • United States
Starring J. Walter Smith, Tobar Mayo, Roxie Young
When a Black revolutionary (Tobar Mayo) working as a bodyguard for a scientist developing a superpower serum is transformed into an indestructible, telekinetic man of steel, he sets about unleashin...
Directed by Cliff Roquemore • 1977 • United States
Starring Rudy Ray Moore, Sy Richardson, Jimmy Lynch
The great Rudy Ray Moore created a worthy successor to his iconic Dolemite with this uproariously inappropriate horror comedy. He stars as Petey Wheatstraw, a nightclub stand-up and born player...
