Shaft
Shaft
John Shaft is the ultimate in suave Black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the Black crime mob, then against Black nationals, and finally working with both against the White Mafia who are trying to blackmail Bumpy by kidnapping his daughter.
The music is so iconic and the real settings with on the street style shooting added the the icon status.
This is some people's only real example of black exploitation as a genre and Isaac Hayes (even if he's not a great person) so I feel like its worth highlighting for more exposure so more people can join the topic and explore the genre and its branches.