The iconic 1974 Blaxploitation film screens as part of our Art of Action season.
A Blaxploitation film about a woman whose drug-dealing brother rats on her undercover narcotics-agent boyfriend to the mob and she, in turn, poses as a call girl to infiltrate the mobsters who butchered him.
Screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
This film will feature an introduction from Jennifer G. Robinson.
Jennifer is the Founder/Director of Women Of The Lens Film Festival, dedicated to the work of underrepresented women in the film industries. With its first festival in 2017, the platform has already screened over 200 films of all genres and formats—not only from the UK, but from across the globe.
Jennifer's career spans journalism, film and education and she has written for varied publications including The British Blacklist, MelanMagazine, Black Film Bulletin (as part of BFI's Sight and Sound magazine), the ICO's Cinema of Ideas and education publication MediaMagazine.
- Director: Jack Hill
- Cast: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown
- Language: English
Art of Action—From swordfights in ancient China to squaring up to xenomorphs in space, Pictureville’s Art of Action season tracks the evolution of women in action through the decades with a series of print screenings packing unparalled thrills.
