AllOuttaBubbleGum podcast episode 21 – ZAxploitation

No country seems more ripe for a blaxploitation movement than South Africa. The guys watch the instantly banned ground breaker Joe Bullet (1973) and also sample several films from the so-called “B scheme”. Was it a backdoor to making statement films or just another way for the apartheid government to maintain control? Films discussed: Joe … Read moreAllOuttaBubbleGum podcast episode 21 – ZAxploitation

AllOuttaBubbleGum podcast episode 20 – Hell up in Harlem

The guys continue Blaxploitation February by taking a trip across 110th street and into Harlem to examin two different takes on a duo of detective going up against the mob in Harlem: the more comedic Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), written and directed by civil rights activist Ossie Davis, and the gritty neo noir Across … Read moreAllOuttaBubbleGum podcast episode 20 – Hell up in Harlem