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      • Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill.
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    Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction.

  4. theconversation.com › coffy-how-blaxploitationCoffy: how Blaxploitation star Pam Grier helped lead the way ...

    Sep 29, 2023 · Coffy saw Pam Grier as the main propulsive force in a Blaxploitation movie, breaking ground for later female roles such as Ripley in Alien, Sarah Connor in Terminator and Nakia in Black...

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  6. www.vulture.com › article › how-coffy-made-pam-grierHow ‘Coffy’ Made Pam Grier a Blaxploitation Movie Star

    Mar 4, 2024 · Pam Grier’s starring role in Coffy in 1973 changed all that. After several supporting roles, she landed the co-lead in Black Mama White Mama, an American International Picture with a story by...

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  7. www.britannica.com › art › blaxploitation-movieBlaxploitation movies | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts

    Sep 5, 2024 · Coffy Lobby card for Coffy (1973), a blaxploitation movie starring Pam Grier and Booker Bradshaw and directed by Jack Hill. (more)

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  8. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › coffy-1973Coffy movie review & film summary (1973) - Roger Ebert

    “Coffy” is a marriage between a soft-core skin flick and a blaxploitation movie; with a couple of new twists: (1) it’s against drugs, and (2) it has a girl for a hero. Two of the more common elements in recent commercial black movies have been their willingness to glorify drug pushers, and their almost total disregard for women.

  9. www.theroot.com › shaft-and-other-black'Coffy' and Other Impactful Blaxploitation Films in History

    Jan 26, 2024 · In the 1970s, when Black entertainers noticed they weren’t starring in movies as much as they should, they took it upon themselves and created the Blaxploitation movie genre.

  10. www.dawn.com › news › 1784038WIDE ANGLE: WAKING UP TO COFFY, 50 YEARS ON - DAWN.COM

    Oct 29, 2023 · Coffy embodies the contradictions of Blaxploitation in a highly concentrated form. The film’s 50th anniversary allows us to reassess this vein of filmmaking and, more particularly, to think...