Rick Ross<\/span>, a huge fan of the movies.<\/p>\n“Brown Sugar is just like Netflix, only blacker,” said the iconic Grier, who can be seen in\u00a0Foxy Brown, Coffy, Black Mama\/White Mama, Original Gangstas, Drum <\/i>and more. “These movies are entertaining and fun, but they were also <\/i>empowering to the black community as they depicted African Americans as strong leading characters <\/i>and heroes for the first time.”<\/p>\n
“You wonder why we call it Brown Sugar? Because it’s bad ass \u2013 like me,” commented Williamson, whose Brown Sugar<\/i> movies include Black Caesar,<\/i> Three The Hard Way, Hammer, Hell Up in Harlem<\/span>, Bucktown <\/i>and many others. “Brown Sugar is the coolest streaming movie service on the planet.”<\/p>\nRick Ross<\/span> commented, “You can see the influence of these movies in every aspect of rap and hip-hop; in the music, the lyrics, the fashion and overall style – the Blaxploitation genre is where it all began.”<\/p>\nBrown Sugar<\/i> curates its films for fans, including themes like:<\/p>\n\n- War in Harlem<\/span><\/b> – Cotton Comes to Harlem<\/span>,<\/i>\u00a0The Black Godfather,<\/i> Across 110th<\/sup> Street<\/i><\/li>\n
- Foxy Mamas<\/b> – Foxy Brown,<\/i> Coffy,<\/i> Cleopatra Jones<\/span>, <\/i>Friday Foster, Sheba Baby<\/i><\/li>\n
- Righteous Revenge<\/b> – Dolemite, Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem<\/span>, Hammer<\/i><\/li>\n
- Stickin’ it to The Man<\/b> – The Mack, Black Gunn, Three The Hard Way<\/i><\/li>\n
- Good Cop, Black Cop<\/b> – Action Jackson, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs<\/i><\/li>\n
- #BlackLove<\/b> – Bad, Black & Beautiful, Brothers, Black Sister’s Revenge<\/i><\/li>\n
- Shake Down, Take Down<\/b> – Blue Collar, Amazing Grace, Cool Breeze<\/i><\/li>\n
- Jive Ass Turkeys<\/b> – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Car Wash, Uptown Saturday Night<\/i><\/li>\n
- Black Horror<\/b> – Blacula, Sugar Hill<\/span>, Blackenstein<\/i><\/li>\n
- They Got Game<\/b> – The<\/i> Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, Greased Lightning, <\/i>Joe Bullet<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In the early 1970’s, movies began to be made starring African Americans in lead roles. Many of these films were action-fueled crime dramas, along with some comedies and even some camp, all infused with funk and soul music. \u00a0Audience appeal of the genre eventually broadened across racial and ethnic lines as stars like Pam Grier<\/span> and Fred Williamson<\/span> became household names and songs from the movies such as the “Theme from Shaft” and “Super Fly” cracked America’s Top 40. The movies not only had an enormous influence on filmmaking, which continues to this day, but on all other art forms – especially hip-hop – as well as American culture overall.<\/p>\nBrown Sugar<\/i> is owned by Bounce TV, the fastest-growing African-American network on television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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