Director and actor Robert Townsend shares his affinity for “Blaxploitation” films and how it was the first time he saw Black characters in films as superheroes. [VID: Interview with actor Robert Townsend. Transcript: For one, I hate the term black exploitation because that was the very first time I got to see black folks in lead roles kicking butt and being like all the other heroes that I had grew up on from Bogart to Cagney to John Wayne. You name it. So it was a period where Fred Williamson w
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Director and actor Robert Townsend shares his affinity for “Blaxploitation” films and how it was the first time he saw Black characters in films as superheroes. [VID: Interview with actor Robert Townsend. Transcript: For one, I hate the term black exploitation because that was the very first time I got to see black folks in lead roles kicking butt and being like all the other heroes that I had grew up on from Bogart to Cagney to John Wayne. You name it. So it was a period where Fred Williamson w
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From the classic movie star he wishes he could direct to actor he wishes more people should know, the legendary Robert Townsend answers our burning questions. Join him and Ben Mankiewicz tonight for our final evening of Two for One beginning at 8pm ET with HERE COMES MR. JORDAN ('41) followed by NETWORK ('76). | Turner Classic Movies: TCM
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From the classic movie star he wishes he could direct to actor he wishes more people should know, the legendary Robert Townsend answers our burning questions. Join him and Ben Mankiewicz tonight for our final evening of Two for One beginning at 8pm ET with HERE COMES MR. JORDAN ('41) followed by NETWORK ('76). | Turner Classic Movies: TCM
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