Pam Grier
American actress
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blaxploitation movies
- In blaxploitation movies
…men (and occasionally women, notably Pam Grier) in control of their own destinies—were made, in genres including horror (notably Blacula, 1972), westerns (Buck and the Preacher, 1972), comedy (Watermelon Man, 1970), drama (Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes, 1974), and, by far the most-popular subgenre, action (Shaft,
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