Shaft
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness. From TMDB
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60 of 135 · most liked first#ResistanceRoots Richard Roundtree was born on this day in 1942 in New Rochelle, N.Y. He is best known as cinema’s first Black action hero for his role in the 1971 film Shaft. Throughout his long career, he broke barriers for Black actors and reshaped how Black men were represented on screen. /1
unlabelledView post →Richard Roundtree, who broke ground with his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise, has died. He was 81
unlabelledView post →"Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Walpurgisnacht: Rising" Anime Movie New Key Visual Reveal! -Release in February 2026- Animation Studio: SHAFT Sequel Anime Movie to "Rebellion" (Walpurgis no Kaiten) Image © Magica Quartet, Aniplex Madoka Project
unlabelledView post →New key visuals have released for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising." The sequel movie by SHAFT will release in Japanese theaters in winter 2025. www.madoka-magica.com/wr/ #魔法少女まどかマギカ
unlabelledView post →A new trailer has released for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising." The sequel movie by SHAFT will release in Japanese theaters in February 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJaz...
unlabelledView post →A new key visual has released for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising." The sequel movie by SHAFT will release in Japanese theaters in February 2026. www.madoka-magica.com/wr/
unlabelledView post →that Ernest sure did like going to places. and when he got there, look out. cause he's a nice guy but he makes problems. a lot of his behavior is silly in an outsized way, you know. anyway. he'd be in a different place every movie. jail, camp, stupid, i wanna say africa but that might be Shaft
unlabelledView post →"Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Walpurgisnacht: Rising" ANIME MOVIE NEW TRAILER! Release Date revealed to be in February 2026! Animation Studio: SHAFT Sequel Anime Movie to "Rebellion" (Walpurgis no Kaiten) youtu.be/iJazbGwBh-E?...
unlabelledView post →In 2018, filling in @ a film junket, I mention a piece I ✍️ in college: Shaft: The 1st Black superhero Someone tells Regina Hall She asks Sam Jackson He says "Let's ask R Roundtree" A junket becomes a 1-on-4 intrview w/ALL THE SHAFTS. But the editor hates the idea, so I forget about it Until...
unlabelledView post →New trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising. The sequel movie by SHAFT will release theatrically in Japan on August 28, 2026. "Kanata" by FictionJunction www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD6v... #まどかマギカ
unlabelledView post →SHAFT has released celebratory art of Mami Tomoe to commemorate the release of Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-. The illustrator is Kazuya Ushio (machine translation used, kanji is 潮月一也).
unlabelledView post →The man made this, Empire of the Sun, a baffling Shaft reboot, American Psycho, my personal favorite boxing movie, and played Dick Cheney, wild career
unlabelledView post →A new PV has released for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising." The sequel movie by SHAFT will release in Japanese theaters in winter 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFhi...
unlabelledView post →Watching Shaft, and I'd forgotten that you get a glimpse of this in it. A transatlantic salute from one noir masterpiece with a cracking soundtrack to another.
unlabelledView post →A new trailer has released for Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising. The sequel movie by SHAFT will release theatrically in Japan on August 28, 2026. #まどかマギカ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmVT...
unlabelledView post →Gordon Parks (with scenes from his film "Shaft") - BOTD
unlabelledView post →Once in the early 2000s I was beefing with some guy in a bar and he goes “nothing between us but air & opportunity” and I remember being disarmed by how slick that was & then like 10 years later I was watching the Sam Jackson Shaft movie and realized he just took it from that. The power of cinema
unlabelledView post →…🤔 EASY MODE: Any film by John Waters x The Muppets …🤔🤔🤔 HARD MODE: Any film by Tyler Perry x Mad Max …🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 GALAXY BRAINED: Shaft Meets Godzilla
unlabelledView post →Gutted by this, as a film critic I adore Blaxploitation movies, SUPER FLY, TRUCK TURNER, SAVAGE etc but SHAFT was the man… Richard Roundtree, an icon of Blaxploitation film who starred as detective John Shaft in Gordon Parks’ 1971 action thriller, has died. He was 81 years old. trib.al/0pFXp1r
unlabelledView post →No disrespect to Richard Roundtree, may his legacy live on, or Gordon Parks, the movie itself, and all those who love it, but “Shaft” is an objectively hilarious name for a male action hero.
unlabelledView post →Gordon Parks (1912-2006) Parks was the first African American photographer on the staff of Life magazine, and later helped found Essence. He also was the first Black writer and director of a studio film, and his second movie, Shaft, helping to shape the blaxploitation era in the '70s➡️
unlabelledView post →Moses Gunn in the Gordon Parks film "Shaft" - BOTD
unlabelledView post →"Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht Rising-" New Key Visual (Studio: Shaft) The movie is scheduled to premiere in japanese theaters Winter 2025, no word on an international release as of tweeting #Anime #AnimeNews #AnimeJapan2025 #PuellaMagiMadokaMagica
unlabelledView post →Those backup singer ladies were appalled when Isaac Hayes said Shaft was a bad mother, but I would believe it. I don't think he even talks to his children once in the movie, even before his big confrontation with the evil mafiosi. It's not even clear if he IS a mother.
unlabelledView post →Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising new cast: - Shichouka: Shion Wakayama (top) - Selma Therese: Tomoyo Kurosawa (bottom) The sequel movie by SHAFT will release theatrically in Japan on August 28, 2026. www.madoka-magica.com/wr/news/?id=... #まどかマギカ
unlabelledView post →"Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht Rising-" Unveils 1st Key Visuals. - Coming in 2025 - Studio Shaft
unlabelledView post →Your reminder that in September 2000 British cinema goers had the choice between Shaft or Snatch.
unlabelledView post →Day 30: Funkiness from the third film in the John Shaft series. Johnny Pate - Shaft In Africa (Addis) song.link/y/ND8t0rOCLGI #JackNicholsong
unlabelledView post →Richard Roundtree the Gordon Parks film "Shaft" - BOTD
unlabelledView post →Born 20 Aug 1942, Isaac Hayes, best known for his score for the film Shaft (1971). For the Theme from Shaft, he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972 & became the 3rd black person to win an Oscar. He was found dead at his home in 2008, aged 65. #IsaacHayes #Shaft
unlabelledView post →CRYSTAR is currently 90% off on Steam The action RPG was written by Hisaya Naoki, the creator of Kanon The OP movie was directed by Oishi Tatsuya (Bakemonogatari) at Shaft. The song "can cry" is by Yanagi Nagi store.steampowered.com/app/981750/C...
unlabelledView post →Gordon Parks used photography, film, & writing to tell Black America’s stories. As Life’s first black photographer and Hollywood’s first black director, he broke barriers with The Learning Tree & Shaft, using art to challenge injustice & inspire change #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackHistoryMonth
unlabelledView post →#Let5D0It Day 9 One of the best movie themes of all time, by the legendary Isaac Hayes, still astounds 53 years on. “They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother… Shut your mouth!” Theme from Shaft (1971) youtu.be/ZVj8FgMMAK8?...
unlabelledView post →June Squibb opts for THE BIG FREAKING GODZILLA BOX SET, digs the movie Shaft, and has seen every Kurosawa film?
unlabelledView post →I like that Shaft's next door neighbor, in the film Shaft, is a company called SKLOOT INSURANCE
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching Shaft (1971) Dir: Gordon Parks Probably one of the film best theme tunes ever.
unlabelledView post →Remembering the iconic Richard Roundtree, groundbreaking actor of film, stage, and TV, on his 84th birthday, celebrated for his legendary role as John Shaft in the SHAFT franchise, as well as roles in Q - THE WINGER SERPENT, MANIAC COP, BRICK, THELMA, ROOTS, OUTLAWS, BEING MARY JANE, and more.
unlabelledView post →#PlanetDisco #MusicChallenge We should have had a disco-era Shaft film and this should have been the theme tune. Day 1. 'Disco Connection' - Isaac Hayes youtu.be/xm3kbnPGg1Q?...
unlabelledView post →#MusicChallenge 🎶 #70sSlang Day 4 (catch-up) ~ Can You Dig It Isaac Hayes - Theme from ‘Shaft’ youtu.be/ymkFgXqblCs?... (Soul Purrfection Version) Theme from the 1971 film, reached No.4 in the UK #WMIM #music #musicsky
unlabelledView post →Gordon Parks (with scenes from his film "Shaft") - BOTD
unlabelledView post →Favorite film for each year of the '70s: 70: A Touch of Zen 71: Shaft 72: Five Fingers of Death 73: The Wicker Man 74: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 75: The Terror of MechaGodzilla 76: The Outlaw Josey Wales 77: Clans of Intrigue 78: Superman 79: The Muppet Movie
unlabelledView post →I look up movies on Rotten Tomatoes and often find zero reviews, so let's put that right for Embassy, Richard Roundtree's follow-up to Shaft. He's not a sex-machine to all the chicks in this, but a professional diplomat with a tight grasp of US foreign policy. 3/5 film-authority.com/2026/03/02/e...
unlabelledView post →#MusicChallenge #1C000LEST #19 Theme From “Shaft" – Isaac Hayes 📍Memphis, TN 🇺🇸 1971 Best movie theme ever? I dunno, but it’s in the discussion. youtu.be/ViGrDTGDsfs
unlabelledView post →The Film: Shaft Japanese Title: “Black Jaguar” - 黒いジャガー #filmsky
unlabelledView post →#SoundtrackChallenge #MusicChallenge day 5 Oscar Winning movie theme: Isaac Hayes - theme from Shaft (1971) youtu.be/Q429AOpL_ds?...
unlabelledView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #187 Not the first Blaxsploitation film - that's reserved for Melvin Van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song) Shaft however, is unequivocally the most iconic of the genre. #BluRay #PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →#StrictlyInstrumental (70s Movie Matinee: Monday) Song 10 The Dutch Rhythm Steel & Show Band Theme From Shaft Written by Isaac Hayes Produced by Roy Beltman 1975 Negram (Netherlands) From their debut album Soul, Steel & Show is this remake of the Oscar winner. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WSugnRy-U8
unlabelledView post →#Junesploitation #fthismovie June 4 – Blaxploitation! Shaft (2000) Lazy pick today for day 4. The movie was just there to press play. Shaft is Shaft's nephew and has to take down the psycho from American Psycho. Walter Wade: Do you know who my father is? John Shaft: No, do you? #filmsky
unlabelledView post →🤣🤣 brilliant. It sounds like something Cannon film would have titled. How about Shart- a cheap rip off of Shaft. Tough guy cop character with a tag line of: Push too hard and you'll meet Shart.
unlabelledView post →"Warms my black heart to see you so concerned about us minority folks." Gordon Parks' follow-up to The Learning Tree (1969) was 1971's Shaft, an iconic crime film that introduced the big screen's first Black action hero played by Richard Roundtree. #BlackHistoryMonth #WB100
unlabelledView post →#SoundtrackChallenge #MusicChallenge Day 4: an Oscar winning song from a film Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes youtu.be/lPE3C0GpDoA?...
unlabelledView post →#Junesploitation Day 4 - Blaxploitation! Today's movie is COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970)! (Pre-movie trailers: Shaft, Across 110th Street) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.net/2025/05/anno...
unlabelledView post →BBC Two are showing Shaft, and I reiterate my opinion that the best Shaft film is Shaft in Africa, YOU HEARD
unlabelledView post →Explaining the differences between this film and Shaft might be part of my scholar origin story. #HATM
unlabelledView post →I told my girlfriend about the Sam Peckinpah movie where James Caan becomes a ninja and now we're outlining the movie where James Caan, a Boer captured at birth by his racial enemies, becomes a Zulu warrior. "The most racist movie of the seventies!" "Makes The Gods Must Be Crazy look like Shaft!"
unlabelledView post →First time watch of Shaft (2000) for Blaxploitation Day! The cast in this movie is out of control! @fthismovie.bsky.social #Junesploitation
unlabelledView post →#MusicChallenge #StrictlyInstrumental Day 5 Johnny Pate was a jazz bassist who went on to great fame in Chicago as a producer and arranger. He produced the album for the third Shaft film-“Shaft in Africa”-and this is the main track from that movie.It is just funky as hell. youtu.be/ND8t0rOCLGI?...
unlabelledView post →Cultember Cult Film Challenge: One cult film for every day of September (Plus my original art!) . Day 7: Shaft . #Cultember #Shaft #FilmSky #MovieSky #ArtSky
unlabelledView post →#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 20 From a tv series or movie that has a legal/police theme Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvIM...
unlabelledView post →“Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?” SHAFT!! And he’s on BBC iPlayer for about a month. (Last night’s film watch.) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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