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Souleo’s Art at The STAX Museum

Stax Records officially began in 1960. A company, that evolved from Satellite Records three years prior, the Stax Museum formed in the late 90’s. A group

July 5, 2015 No Comments

THE BROTHERS DOZEN & A SISTA – 13 Successful Black Directors

Saw a story on Atlanta Blackstar’s website about black film directors. A good overview of these mavericks, I wanted to share and archive it, here

May 31, 2015 No Comments

“Midnight Cowboy” is a FUNKIN’ “American Horror Story”

Classic definition: Judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind; i.e. “a classic novel” — A work of

November 11, 2014 No Comments

40th Anniversary of Blaxploitation Vol. 2 – 1971

Celebrating the 40th anniversaries of Blaxploitation films and films that starred Black actors during the Blaxploitation film genre. These films were released from January 1

February 8, 2013 1 Comment

‘Trouble Man’ At 40: A Classic, But Where’s Its Cult?

The Museum of UnCut Funk thanks jimi izrael for allowing us to use an excerpt from his current article on the 40th anniversary of Trouble

December 20, 2012 1 Comment

Looking back at ‘Blaxploitation’ films by Stephen Whitty

Stephen Whitty is a writer for The Star Ledger, the largest newspaper in New Jersey. Stephen has agreed to allow the Museum Of UnCut Funk

December 20, 2012 No Comments

THE FUNKIEST TOP-20 SOUNDTRACKS OF ALL TIME – FUNKALICIOUS 105

Since I hit 100 blogs without realizing it, I figured I do something special for blog #105. The following list of LPs/ CDs are

March 6, 2012 No Comments

World Of Hurt Graphic Novel

WORLD OF HURT is a serial, B&W, adventure webcomic set in the early 1970s. WORLD OF HURT attempts to combine the format and storytelling traditions of classic newspaper

March 1, 2012 No Comments

Movies That Should Have Been Comic Books

Need we say more!!!

January 16, 2012 2 Comments

Blaxploitation Filmography

The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements of the 1960’s set the stage for the 1970’s Black film revolution.

October 7, 2011 No Comments

Blaxploitation And The Man

Stickin’ It To The Man In the early 1900’s the term “The Man” was used to describe a boss figure. This term later began to

October 7, 2011 No Comments

Battle Of The Beauties

The Women of Blaxploitation The Black Movie Boom of the 1970’s created jobs for young Black actresses and introduced new talents such as Pam Grier,

October 7, 2011 2 Comments

The ‘Fro Back Exhibition

1970’s Afro Styling Makes A Comeback

October 6, 2011 No Comments

The UnCut Funk Blaxploitation Movie Poster Exhibition

A Retrospective of 1970’s Black Cinema Poster Art

October 5, 2011 No Comments

Blaxploitation Movie Poster Collection

I started collecting movie posters from Blaxploitation and all Black films from the 1970‘s because I love these films. I also love the illustrated artwork that

October 4, 2011 No Comments

Richard Roundtree

Who’s the Black private dick That’s a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft!) You’re damn right Who is the man That would risk

June 18, 2011 No Comments

Where Are They Now!!!

The 1970s produced the film genre that would become known as ‘Blaxploitation’. These films were made specifically with an urban Black audience in mind. These movies

February 11, 2011 No Comments

Crazy Magazine

For a short time in the early 1970’s, Crazy magazine, a competitor of Mad and Cracked magazines was published by Marvel Comics. In 1973,

August 21, 2009 No Comments

The Isaac Hayes Interview – A Man For The People

When Isaac Hayes made a comeback as a radio disc-jockey, before he took on the role of “Chef” on “South Park,” I spoke to him

June 23, 2009 No Comments

The Unappreciated Brother – Antonio Fargas

The status of Antonio Fargas is legendary. Since his initiation into the world of film at the age of fourteen, when his exceptional interpretative skills

April 18, 2009 No Comments