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Complete set of eight vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film. Based on J.E. Franklin's 1969 play. The youngest daughter in a working-class African American family dreams of becoming a dancer, and is determined to avoid the fate of her mother and two older sisters, who married and had children at a young age, and who express dissatisfaction and frustration with their stagnant lives. One of the few blaxsploitation films of the 1970s to depict the everyday lives and dreams of blue collar Black women. Shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Howard, Blaxploitation Cinema, p. 97-98.…

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film. Blindstamps at the corners, with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on the 1965 Chester Himes novel. An early blaxpoitation film about two cops investigating a phony local preacher. The film proved a runaway box office success, inspiring a slew of buddy cop films both within the genre and beyond. Set and shot on location in Harlem. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Parish and Hill 71.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1996 film, showing director Spike Lee with a camera on the set. A diverse group of 15 African American men travel by bus from Los Angeles to Washington DC to attend the Million Man March. The first film directed by Lee in which he did not appear. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. …