The poster for Jack Hill’s 1973 blaxploitation classic, Coffy, promises “the baddest one-chick hit squad to ever hit town. She’ll cream you!” The hit squad in question was Pam Grier, the legendary ...

Pam Grier as vigilante nurse Coffy who seeks to punish drug dealers and corrupt officials. Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy When Pam Grier’s breakthrough movie Coffy was released in 1973, American ...

Somewhere between Wednesday, June 13, 1973 and Friday, June 15, 1973, the Pam Grier movie Coffy was released in theaters all around the country. In his Chicago Sun-Times pan, Roger Ebert opened up his ...

Pam Grier’s 1973 action film Coffy was made in only 18 days, yet the low-budget crime movie went on to become one of the most recognized films of the Blaxploitation era. The film was shot in ...

Blaxploitation, a film genre that started in the early ‘70s, was known for sex, violence, and ACTION. Some people know it because of the music (cue the timeless “Super Fly” soundtrack by Curtis ...

William likes watching movies and writing about those movies. Anything else is minutae. Pam Grier. Her name may not get mentioned (often) among the likes of Meryl Streep or Cate Blanchett, but the ...

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