blaxploitation
noun
blax·ploi·ta·tion
ˌblak-(ˌ)splȯi-ˈtā-shən 
: the exploitation of Black people by producers of Black-oriented films
—often used before another noun
blaxploitation movies
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Brewer helmed his first biopic with 2019's Dolemite Is My Name, which starred Eddie Murphy as blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 June 2025
Ganja & Hess centers on an anthropologist who turns vampire after being stabbed with a cursed dagger, but Gunn was not interested in appeasing the capitalist appetite for another blaxploitation piece in the early ’70s.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025
Yet Grier clarified that there is not only blaxploitation onscreen, but rather exploitative genre films for any race and gender.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Ayers also made a name for himself in film soundtracks, composing the score for the 1973 blaxploitation classic Coffy, starring Pam Grier.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 June 2025
Ganja & Hess centers on an anthropologist who turns vampire after being stabbed with a cursed dagger, but Gunn was not interested in appeasing the capitalist appetite for another blaxploitation piece in the early ’70s.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025
Yet Grier clarified that there is not only blaxploitation onscreen, but rather exploitative genre films for any race and gender.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Ayers also made a name for himself in film soundtracks, composing the score for the 1973 blaxploitation classic Coffy, starring Pam Grier.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Blaxploitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blaxploitation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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