blaxploitation movies: Quick Facts

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Lobby card for the movie Coffy features Pam Grier and Booker Bradshaw in a black-and-white photo, with colorful illustrations of Pam Grier holding a shotgun and action scenes, and the tagline She's the godmother of them all.

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Pam Grier smiling at an event in 2003, wearing a patterned top with gold and red designs, with dark, voluminous hair and a gray and pink backdrop behind her.

Pam Grier

American actress

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Melvin Van Peebles

American author and filmmaker

Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)

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