Reflections on Blaxploitation ─ Actors and Directors Speak

This volume collects 22 interviews with key actors and directors from the "blaxploitation" film movement of the 1970s, in which they reflect on their own work and on "blaxploitation" as a genre (although many dislike the term). The interviewees are Ralph Bakshi, Jim Brown, Michael Campus, Steve Carver, Matt Cimber, Greydon Clark, Larry Cohen, Don Pedro Colley, Jamaa Fanaka, Antonio Fargas, Sid Haig, Gloria Hendry, Jack Hill, Jim Kelly, William Marshall, Rudy Ray More, Ron O'Neal, Larry Spangler, Glynn Turman, Melvin Van Peebles, Oscar Williams, and Fred Williamson. Also included is an inclusive catalogue of all known "blaxploitation" films with information, when available, on director, writers, actors, and availability on DVD or VHS. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David Walker has directed several films including Damaged Goods and is the editor of the blaxploitation magazine Bad Azz Mofo.

Andrew J. Rausch is the author of numerous books on film, including Turning Points in Film History (2004) and Making Movies with Orson Welles (Scarecrow, 2008), which he cowrote with Gary Graver.

Chris Watson has directed several films including Zombiegeddon and Dead in Love.