GBK glossarySearch the glossaries created from glossary-building KudoZ (GBK) questions. | To see the desired glossary, please select the language and then the field of expertise. |
Home - English
- Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
- Search
- Term
- Additional fields of expertise
- Definition(s)
- A combination of the terms "black" and "exploitation"; refers
to a style of American film, usually cheaply made and not considered to have a high artistic value, that was popular in the 1970s, involved Black actors, and was intended to attract Black audiences. Cambridge Dictionary
- Example sentence(s)
- Though Blaxploitation has always had its critics, the era still represents one of the most sustained periods of cinema featuring black themes and black performers of any in film history. - The Guardian
by - Notable snubs included Eddie Murphy for blaxploitation biopic "Dolemite Is My Name," Jennifer Lopez for "Hustlers," Awkwafina for "The Farewell" and Lupita Nyong'o for "Us." - The Jakarta Post
by - Luke Cage first appeared in Marvel’s pages in 1972, at the height of the Blaxploitation craze. He was the first African American superhero to headline his own Marvel comic, initially titled Luke Cage, Hero for Hire but soon changed to the technically-accurate-yet-groan-inducing Luke Cage, Power Man, and he’s now the first black Marvel hero to headline his own screen entertainment since the Blade franchise. - Slate
by Compare [close] - Italian
- Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
- Search
- Term
- Additional fields of expertise
- Definition(s)
- Non si traduce:
a blaxploitation - fusione delle due parole inglesi black (nero) ed exploitation (sfruttamento) - è stato un genere di film che nacque negli Stati Uniti, nei primi anni settanta, quando molti film d'exploitation furono realizzati a basso costo avendo come pubblico di riferimento gli afroamericani.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation Wikipedia - by Francesco Badolato
- Example sentence(s)
- Related KudoZ question
- Compare this term in: Spanish, Persian (Farsi), Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish
| | The glossary compiled from Glossary-building KudoZ is made available openly under the Creative Commons "By" license (v3.0). By submitting this form, you agree to make your contribution available to others under the terms of that license. ![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png) | | | | X Sign in to your ProZ.com account... | | | | | | |