I don't know if this will help, but a majority of blaxploitation movies were written and produced by white people - who might or might not hire a black director, depending. An Amazon search pulled up America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies by Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin and Black Film/White Money by Jesse Algeron Rhines that might be worth reading.
I had been looking for a book on blaxploitation history that I'd seen at Kim's Video in New York City a year or so back, but I don't really remember the name offhand and none of the choices Amazon coughed up sounded like it.
Hope this helps,Best, Tim Liebe Dreaded Spouse-Creature of Tamora Pierce (http://www.tamorapierce.com/) - and co-writer of Marvel's WHITE TIGER comic (http://www.tamorapierce.com/marvel.htm)
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on 2007-02-01 07:42 am (UTC)I had been looking for a book on blaxploitation history that I'd seen at Kim's Video in New York City a year or so back, but I don't really remember the name offhand and none of the choices Amazon coughed up sounded like it.
Hope this helps,Best,
Tim Liebe
Dreaded Spouse-Creature of Tamora Pierce (http://www.tamorapierce.com/) - and co-writer of Marvel's WHITE TIGER comic (http://www.tamorapierce.com/marvel.htm)
(http://spousecreature.blogspot.com/)