"We as a Black people have made something fantastic." Those words can be heard in "Ailey," a 2021 feature documentary directed by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Jamila Wignot. The speaker, in vintage ...
DAVIES: The movie "Shaft" helped launched the blaxploitation genre of the '70s. The Academy Award-winning theme was composed and performed by Isaac Hayes. In the '60s, Hayes helped shape the sound of ...