Blaxploitation Film Series: Cleopatra Jones (1973)
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Thursday, June 1, 2023, 7:30 pm
Hollywood Theatre
Hollywood District (Portland)
This is an in-person event
$8 - $10
This funky film series by Oregon Black Pioneers centers the first flicks made by Black directors and starring Black actors. In the '70s, Blaxploitation films kicked open Hollywood's doors with productions that showcased Black talent, catering to Black audiences for the first time. Cleopatra Jones (screened here in glorious 35mm) is a great example of the subgenre's proclivity for shock, excess, and feminism—the flick features a 6'2" supermodel-turned-secret agent who targets a poppy-hawking drug queenpin named "Mommy." Can we get a hell yeah?
by Lindsay Costello