Video: Black Dynamite Trailer

As a self-confessed huge fan of such blaxploitation classics as "Hell Up In Harlem", "Foxy Brown", "Across 110th Street", "Super Fly", and my all-time favorite "Black Caesar", I gotta say I'm mad excited about this new flick "Black Dynamite". The film is a spoof aimed at sort of making fun of the genre, in the same way that "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka did, but a lil' more true to life, and actually paying homage in spots lol. No doubt, there's gonna be some cool shit in it, producer Jon Steingart and Director Scott Sanders captured the feel and look of that era really well and it looks hella funny. Good to see that man Michael Jai White gettin' out there again too, he stars in and contributed the screenplay to "Black Dynamite", which has taken home a handfull of awards, including being an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival.

Now I realize that a lot of black folks really didn't like blaxploitation films (particularly the NAACP and the Urban League) and admittedly looking back on them, there were some seriously ig'nant stereotypes and dialogue that got thrown around kinda carelessly...But, the foul language and perhaps silly themes weren't really the reason why I watched em'...Rather, it was the regular-guy turned quasi super hero template that a lot of them followed that I dug. The stories of regular cats that grew up in tough situations, got their hustle on, became the man and got the girls along the way is what I found to be the real meat and potatoes. They also were authorizing in a way. I mean they gave a lot of black and sometimes even Latino actors and actresses a chance to play empowering, ultra-cool and even aggressive roles, something that wasn't exactly happening a whole lot in Hollywood til' they came along. Of course there was the soundtracks too....Some of the illest and most influential music was birthed outta blaxploitation films, not to mention that they helped introduce the world to the musical stylings of names like Willie Hutch, Gordon Parks, Roy Ayers, Isaac Hayes and Quincy Jones to name a few...

Another thing that I always thought was dope was the posters for blaxploitation films...ya know the really cool illustrations and whatnot...If "Black Dynamite" really wants to re-create the feeling, they've gotta put out a movie poster like that yo!! In all seriousness, I put this trailer up to remind folks that the flick drops on Oct. 16th, and they should def. go peep it out...The movies and time period that it makes fun of were a huge influence to Hip-Hop and many of your favorite MC's have referenced those jawns to death.

I'mma leave ya'll with a few of my favorite blaxploitation movie posters of all time....

-BIG D O








EDIT:

Looks like there are some pretty righteous posters for "Black Dynamite after all...peep em' here:

http://www.blackdynamitemovie.com/media/posters