Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 23M
Director : David F. Walker
Sinopsis
Written, directed, and produced by David Walker, MACKED, HAMMERED, SLAUGHTERED, & SHAFTED is an insightful examination of the blaxploitation film movement of the 1970s. Featuring interviews with key actors and filmmakers, the documentary explores the origins of blaxploitation, and the controversial history of Hollywood's most misunderstood genre.
El detective privado John Shaft recibe la visita de un policía que le pide información sobre un mafioso de Harlem llamado Bumpy. Poco después, será el mafioso quien solicita ayuda al detective para rescatar a su hija, que ha sido secuestrada por una banda rival. Shaft y un viejo amigo deciden investigar el asunto y se infiltran en el mundo del hampa para encontrar a la chica. Pero Shaft acaba averiguando que el gángster lo está utilizando.
John Shaft está de vuelta como el policía detective negro amado por la dama en la búsqueda del asesino de un cliente.
El detective John Shaft viaja de incógnito a Etiopía, luego a Francia, para destruir una red de tráfico de personas.
Duke Johnson viaja a un pueblo sureño para enterrar a su hermano. Tras el funeral se entera de que debe permanecer 60 días para solucionar el tema de la herencia. Unos pocos lugareños convencen a Duke para que reabra el club nocturno de su difunto hermano. Pronto comienzan las intimidaciones por parte de la policía local, ya que Duke se niega a pagarles los sobornos que le exigen, a continuación los polis corruptos lo atacan junto con su amiga Aretha. Esto hace que pida ayuda a su viejo amigo Roy, que llega con unos cuantos amigos a la ciudad, para hacer justicia.
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
A group of Black soldiers are home from the war and head to a small Southern town. The town is dominated by a group of Klansmen who keep the Black majority from voting or being treated like human beings. However, these newcomers convince the local population to register to vote so they can take back power and achieve justice. When hundreds show up to register, the Klan responds with violence. Eventually, though, the Black community has little choice other than fight back and the film ends with a small war between these combat vets and the Klan.
A racist white serial killer known only as "Mac" is wreaking havoc throughout San Francisco while wearing black makeup and an afro wig. Police lieutenant Frank Savage is hot on his trail when Mac begins to reveal his motivations for the killings and escalates their game of cat and mouse.
An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.
Upon moving into a bigoted neighborhood, the scientist father of a persecuted black family gives a superpower elixir to a tough bodyguard, who thus becomes a superpowered crimefighter.
Un grupo de militantes negros roba un local de apuestas de la mafia y también los libros de contabilidad incriminatorios, lo que, a su vez, provoca las represalias de la mafia.
Wanting revenge on a street gang for a rape attack, four young girls get together, take kung-fu lessons, learn how to shoot, form a gang called the Black Alley Cats and search out the gang that attacked them.
Taking place in the cold and hard winter of 1970 in the slums of Cleveland Ohio instead of the tranquil and pleasant 1967 Summer of Love in the Haight Asbury district of San Francisco. "Ghetto Freaks" is a film that tries to show it's viewers the life and philosophy of a hippie commune and how it, lead by their Guru Sonny, goes through life on the mean streets of a large northern industrial city. (IMDb)
After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
Dos desertores de Vietnam van por caminos separados, se convierten en delincuentes y se reúnen con el tiempo.
A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
Temerosos de que su testigo estrella pueda ser asesinado, dos abogados contratan a un protector para que lo lleve de Los Ángeles a Nueva York. Jesse Crowder ( Fred Williamson) es un tipo duro y sensato. Se hace amigo del testigo, un contable, y se ponen en camino. Burlar a sus enemigos significa tomar todo tipo de medios de transporte, incluidos automóviles, trenes y aviones. A cada paso, Crowder y el testigo se enfrentan a una variedad de ataques, incluidos villanos armados con armas de fuego y cuchillos.
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
The comedic tale of two minions of the devil who crash a Harlem party thrown by Miss Maybell with high hopes of destroying its festive atmosphere. The first of the imps to arrive, Trinity, loses sight of his mission and consequently falls in love with Miss Maybell's impressionable young niece Earnestine. Trinity is later joined by Brother Dave, his older, more jaded partner. But as Dave pulls out all the stops to dampen the mood, he serves only to enhance the partygoers' good spirits.
A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but soon falls into the middle of a community of rebellious youth. She soon becomes more and more aware of the social injustices of the big city.