Friday Foster: A Reversal of Genre Fortunes

Pam Grier was undoubtedly one of the most popular stars of the 1970s. How does one of her later blaxploitation films work within and out of the genre?

Starring: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala, Ted Lange, Eartha Kitt, Scatman Crothers, Carl Weathers, and Julius Harris.

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