
Shaft in Africa(1973)
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.


“Driven By Love... And Bank Robbing”
A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.

Max Julien
J.P. Bushrod

Vonetta McGee
Thomasine

George Murdock
U.S. Marshal Bogardie

Glynn Turman
Jomo J. Anderson

Juanita Moore
Pecolia

Joel Fluellen
Nathaniel
Jackson D. Kane
Adolph Smith
Bud Conlan
Mr. Tyler
Kip Allen
Jenkins

Ben Zeller
Scruggs
Thomasine & Bushrod is a action, crime, drama, romance, western film released in 1974 exploring themes of blaxploitation cinema. Directed by Gordon Parks Jr., it stars Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, George Murdock. A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
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