Shaft(1971)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.



Shaft's Big Score!(1972)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.



The Learning Tree(1969)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 11

The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The ...



The Super Cops(1974)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".



Leadbelly(1976)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the...