Author Archive: Retro

After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death…and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on – continuing to spread the word of equality and brotherhood right up until the moment of his brutal and untimely assassination. Highlighted by newsreel footage and interviews, this is the story of the last twenty-four hours of Malcolm X. Featuring the music of jazz percussionist Max Roach.

This drama chronicles the good deeds of a sociology student who after doing research into feminine crimes begins taking in teen-age hookers. It is based on a true story.

That ’70s blaxploitation show! An undercover police detective (Graves, who was the black woman in a bikini on Laugh-In) sheds her double-knit togs along with her identity to break a drug ring. Later became a TV series.

Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.

A Black detective investigates crime on the streets of Harlem.

The Adventures of a Chimneysweep and his friend