Blaxploitation on DVD?

BigBenRoeth

Hey lads,
I've recently started looking at Blaxploitation movies as I'm not familiar with the genre, but after watching Jackie Brown again i was interested in it.
I've seen a few great movies on youtube (The Black Godfather and Across 110th street are 2 of my favourites),but I'm wondering are these available at all in a brick and mortar shop in Ireland or will I have to resort to tinterweb?
Cheers

Shryke

Check out Black Dynamite. Trust me, it's a classic.

Nolanger

Superfly
Coffy
Shaft
are all out on DVD

BigBenRoeth

Nolanger wrote: »

Superfly
Coffy
Shaft
are all out on DVD

Cheers for the replys,
would those be hard to find?
I'm dying to get Superfly on DVD as I'm a huge curtis mayfield fan.

Nolanger

Well I have these titles on DVD and they were each under a tenner. Try Tower Records. Also have Blacula which is a '70s blax-version of Dracula! Superfly is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_atisM-00XE

BigBenRoeth

Nolanger wrote: »

Well I have these titles on DVD and they were each under a tenner. Try Tower Records. Also have Blacula which is a '70s blax-version of Dracula! Superfly is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_atisM-00XE

Nice one,cheers...I've seen the trailer for Blacula,and I have the Black Gestapo here to be watched at some point.....funny thing is I've known about superfly for about 3 years from just the soundtrack....I'm going to check out tower records next time I'm up in dub....thanks

Otis Driftwood

Id recommend Sweet Sweetbacks Baaaad Asssss Song,could be difficult to find on dvd though.

arsenallegend

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

Id recommend Sweet Sweetbacks Baaaad Asssss Song,could be difficult to find on dvd though.

a important film for Black cinema but its pretty bad. check out Sweetassss a film made by Mario van peebles who's father made this, about the making of the film. A masterpiece and far better then the film itself.

Professey Chin

And check out I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! The original blaxploitation spoof

ztoical

arsenallegend wrote: »

a important film for Black cinema but its pretty bad. check out Sweetassss a film made by Mario van peebles who's father made this, about the making of the film. A masterpiece and far better then the film itself.

+1 second this. Or at the very least watch Sweetasss first as Sweet Sweetbacks Baaaad Asssss Song is a pretty weak film when watched now but when put in context shown in Sweetass [reactions of the audience in the cinemas etc etc] it gives a better understanding of it's place in Black Cinema.

Nolanger

Foxy Brown.