Guest Shot: Lorraine Bracco
June, 2000
Black is BeautifulSamuel L. Jackson stars this month in John Singleton's Shaft Returns. It reminds us of less nervous times, when blaxploitation ruled the drive-ins with low-budget urban action and all was right in the hood.Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970): One of the first of the genre, this smooth mixture of action and comedy made a minor star of Godfrey Cambridge as a laid-back detective investigating a back-to-Africa con. It is a hoot. Directed by Ossie Davis.The Mack (1973): Ex-con turned supe...
