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Josiah Howard

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FURIOUS CINEMA


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A History of Violence

A Most Violent Year
Angel Has Fallen
A Quiet Place
A Star is Born
The Birds
Black and Blue
Bombshell
BlackKklansman
The Cell
Crawl
City By The Sea
Crash
Crazy Joe
Death Wish (2018)
Dead Ringer
Dolemite is my Name
The Don is Dead
Edi
Fingers
Harriet
Hitchcock
I Confess
The Intruder
​​​​The Irishman
Joe
Joker
Judy
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Kidnap
Ma
No Country For Old Men
The Omen
The Panic in Needle Park
Pickup on South Street
Psycho II
Rambo: Last Blood
Report to the Commissioner
Richard Jewell
Sapphire
Scarlet Street
Shaft (2019)
Short Eyes
Skyscraper
Sleep, My Love
Sleepers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
Too Late For Tears
Turistas
Underwater
Uncut Gems
Wicked Woman


TV-One Unsung "Hollywood" appearances: Season 6 and Season 7.  


Pam Grier: March 1, 2014 

Bill Duke: April 3, 2014  

Cooley High: April 7, 2014 

Flip Wilson: February 25, 2015  

Richard Roundtree: April 19, 2015   


More Links / Author Interviews


BlaxploitationPaperbacks.com  

2020.  Author interview Blaxploitation


Donna Summer: Disco Queen

ITV TV Special promo spot

Author interview  


Donna Summer: Hot Stuff 

Documentary film promo spot

Author interview  


Breaking The Band: Sonny & Cher  

ITV TV Special promo spot 

Author interview


The Digital Bits

2018 Author interview; Live & Let Die


Pappa Alskar Film

2017.  Author Interview Blaxploitation

THE AMERICAN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS    

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"What's Going On" (Album)
"Y.M.C.A." (Song)
"The Wiz" (Soundtrack Album)
​"Super Fly" (Soundtrack Album)
"Theme From Shaft" (Song)


 The New York Times​

The New York Times; July 20, 2012 


Reader's Digest

May, 2014
October, 2014


DIRECTOR INTERVIEW SERIES

10 Blaxploitation Directors Talk


Paul Bogart 


Matt Cimber 


Larry Cohen


Robert A. Endelson


Jamaa Fanaka


Jack Hill


Jonathan Kaplan


Arthur Marks


Cirio Santiago

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Don Schain.


Jason Coffman's illustrated list of every film reviewed in Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide for Letterboxed.  



The N-word: Forever Alive in Hollywood Film Titles
Essay by Josiah Howard


Fight For Your Life

Interview with ​actor William Sanderson

 

Sapphire
UK, British Black History Month; Oct. 2020


Sweet, Sweet Sally Mae: 

An Introduction to Blaxploitation Cinema 

2020, Essay / Promotional Package


Foxy Brown 

Josiah Howard wrote the DVD/Blu-Ray booklet


Blacula: The Complete Collection 

Josiah Howard wrote the DVD/Blu-Ray booklet


Cher: Caesars Palace

Josiah Howard wrote the program for Cher's two-year residence at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas


More links / Author Interviews


The Arts Desk  

2014.  Author interview /book excerpt Cher 


Grindhouse Cinema Database 

2014. Author Interview Blacula Blu-Ray  


Buzzfeed  

2014. Author interview Blaxploitation


Los Angeles Times 

2009. Author interview Blaxploitation      


Closer  

September 30, 2017 

Author interview Cher ​​

   

GRINDHOUSE CINEMA DATABASE


Aaron Loves Angela
Alice, Sweet Alice
The Babysitter

Bad, Black & Beautiful

The Barn of the Naked Dead

Berserk!

The Black Dragon

The Black Klansman

Bind Rage
Blood Mania
Bucktown
Brother on the Run
Brothers
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Cathy's Curse
Chosen Survivors
City of the Dead

City on Fire
Common Law Wife
The Creeping Flesh
Dark August
Deadly Hero
Deadly Stranger
Death Promise
Death Weekend
Delusion
Demonoid
Devil Doll
Devil's Express
The Fan
Flareup
Fly Me
Food of the Gods
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
From Beyond the Grave

'Gator Bait
Ginger
Give Us Tomorrow
The Glove
The Guy From Harlem
Hammer
The Headless Eyes
The Hearse
High Yellow
Homicidal
House on Skull Mountain

The House That Vanished

Horrors of the Black Museum
I Escaped From Devil's Island
I Passed For White
Jackson County Jail
Jaws of Satan
Jennifer
The Klansman
Lady, Stay Dead
The Last Victim
The Mad Bomber

Mama's Dirty Girls
Mandingo
Mean Johnny Barrows
Mr. Mean

Mr. No Legs

Mr. Ricco

The Night Digger
Night of Bloody Horror
Night of the Strangler
Night Watch

Nothing But the Night
One Man Jury

Picture Monmy Dead
The Pit
The Premature Burial
Quadroon

Queen Boxer
Rape Squad

Satan's Children
Satan in High Heels

Savage Intruder
Scream of Fear
The Seduction
The Sentinel
Shanty Tramp
She Devil
Silent Madness
Slavers
Stark Fear
Superchick
Super Dude
Super Soul Brother
Tales From the Crypt
Tales That Witness Madness​
Terminal Island
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Together Brothers
Top of the Heap
Tough
Trouble Man

Trucker's Woman

Two Evil Eyes
Up From the Depths
Velvet Smooth
Voodoo Black Exorcist

Watch Me While I Kill

Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?

Yeti:Giant of the 20th Century
Zebra Force



 

Josiah Howard has conducted interviews with a broad spectrum of talent: Grammy, Emmy, Tony, Golden Globe, American Music, MTV, Soul Train, American Music Award, and Academy Award winners are all represented.


Singers and Actors  

 Alicia,  Annie Lennox (Eurythmics),  Boy George (Culture Club), Boy Meets Girl, Jim Brown, Terry Carter, Diahann Carroll, Jane Child, Rita Coolidge, Sarah Dash (Labelle), Taylor Dayne, Ja'Net DuBois, Bill Duke, Les Dudek, Sheena Easton, Everything But The Girl, Renee Faia, Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel),  Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals), Pam Grier, Jeanette Gurado (Expose), Chaka Khan (Rufus), Nona Hendryx (Labelle), Lauren Hutton, Janis Ian, Jermaine Jackson (The Jackson Five), Robert Hooks, Holly Knight, Kris Kristofferson, Cyndi Lauper, Patti LaBelle (Labelle) Janet Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters), Lisa Lisa (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam), Marilyn, Martika, Chad Michaels, Alan O'Day, Donny Osmond (The Osmonds), Marie Osmond (The Osmonds), Pebbles, CeCe Peniston, Brad Pitt, Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters), Stacey Q, Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Linda Ronstadt, Regina, Wayne Rogers, Richard Rondtree, Roxette, Sade, Shannon, William Sanderson, Neil Sedaka, Billy Swan, Lisa Stansfield, The System, John Taylor (Duran Duran), Tiffany, Tina Turner, Tracy Traccoli, Leslie Uggams, Melvin Van Pebbles, Jimmy Webb, Karyn White, Fred Williamson, Ann Wilson (Heart), Mark Wilson, Mary Wilson (The Supremes), Paul Winfield, Steve Winwood, Yazz 

  

Comedians

  Ruth Buzzi, Steve Martin, Martin Mull, Gailard Sartain, Tom Smothers (Smothers Brothers), Lily Tomlin, Jimmie Walker 


  Directors 

 Paul Bogart, Matt Cimber,  Larry Cohen, Robert A. Endelsen, Jamaa Fanaka, Jack Hill, Jonathan Kaplan,  Arthur Marks, Cirio Santiago, Don Schain  


 Songwriters  

John Durrill, Dick Holler, Fred Mollin, Sandy Pinkard, Less Reed, Bruce Roberts, Tom Snow, Randy Cierley-Sterling, Diane Warren, Allee Willis 


Journalists  

Rona Barrett, Robin Leach, Michael Musto, Liz Smith   


Music Producers  

Steve Barri, David Cole, Bob Esty, John Farrar, Snuff Garrett, Jacques Morali, Giorgio Moroder,  Les Reed, Lenny Roberts, Bruce Roberts, Nile Rodgers, David Wolfert   


Television Producers  

Allan Blye, Paul Brownstein, Bob Karcy, Lee Miller, George Schlatter, Fred Silverman, Digby Wolfe  


 Talents  

Chuck Braverman, Lady Bunny, Tony Charmoli, Gary Chowen, Jimmy Dale, Ric Drasin, Bob Carcy,  Paul Galbraith, Bo Kaprall,  Ray Klausen, Jim Lapidus,  Anita Mann, Jim Morris, Donna Schuman, Tabboo!, Fred Thaler, Ret Turner, Julian Wasser, Dee Dee Wood   


Every Film Reviewed in BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA: THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE GUIDE


A:  A.K.A. Cassius Clay,  Aaron Loves Angela,  Abar,  Abby,  Across 110th Street, Adios Amigos,  Alabama's Ghost,  Amazing Grace,  The Angel Levine,  The Arena   B:  Baby Need a New Pair of Shoes,  Bad, Black & Beautiful,  Bamboo Gods & Iron Men,  Bare Knuckles,  The Baron,  The Beast Must Die,  The Big Bird Cage,  The Big Doll House,  Big Time , The Bingo Long, Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings,  The Black Alleycats,  Black Angels,  Black Belt Jones,  Black Caesar,  Black Chariot,  The Black Connection,  The Black Dragon,  Black Dragon Fever,  The Black Dragon Revenges the Death of Bruce Lee,  Black Eye,  Black Fire,  Black Fist,  The Black Gestapo,  Black Girl,  The Black Godfather,  Black Gunn,  Black Heat,  Black Hooker,  Black Lolita,  Black Mama, White Mama,  The Black Moses of Soul,  The Black Rider,  Black Rodeo,  Black Samson,  Black Samurai,  Black Shampoo,  The Black Six,  Blacksnake,  Black Starlet,  Black Trash,  Blackenstein,  Black Jack,  Blacula,  Blazing Saddles,  Blind Rage,  Blue Collar,  Bone,  Book of Numbers,  Boss Nigger,  Brother John,  Brother on the Run,  Brotherhood of Death,  Brothers,  Brubaker,  Buck and the Preacher,  Bucktown,  The Bus is Coming,  Bush Mama    C: The Candy Tangerine Man, 

  Car Wash,  Charley-One-Eye,  Cinderella Liberty,  Claudine,  Cleopatra Jones,  Cleopatra Jones And The Casino of Gold,  Coffy,  Come Back Charleston Blue,  Cool Breeze,  Cooley High,  Coonskin,  Cornbread, Earl And Me,  Cotton Comes to Harlem,  Countdown at Kusini,  Crazy Joe   D:  Darktown Strutters, Deadly Hero,  Death Dimension,  Death Drug,  Death Force,  Death Journey,  Deliver Us From Evil,  Detroit 9000,  Devil's Express,  Diamonds,  Disco Godfather,  Dolemite,  Don't Play Us Cheap,  Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde,  Drum,  The Dynamite Brothers,  Dynamite Chicken   ​ E: Ebony, Ivory & Jade, The Education of Sonny Carson, El Condor, Embassy, Emma Mae, Enter The Dragon   F: Farewell Uncle Tom,  Fass Black,  Fight For Your Life,  The Final Comedown,  Fingers,  The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh,  Five on the Black Hand Side,  Force Four,  Fox Style,  Foxy Brown,  Friday Foster  ​G: Ganja & Hess,  Georgia, Georgia,  Get Christie Love!,  Getting Over,  Ghetto Freaks,  Girls Are For Loving,  The Glove,  Golden Needles,  Gordon's War,  The Grasshopper,  Greased Lightening,  The Great White Hope,  The Greatest,  The Guy From Harlem   H: Halls of Anger,  Hammer,  The Harder They Come,  Hell Up in Harlem,  A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich,  Hickey & Boggs,  Hit!,  Hit Man,  The Hitter,  Honeybaby, Honeybaby,  Honky,  The Hot Box,  Hot Potato,  The House on Skull Mountain,  The Human Tornado  I:  I Escaped From Devil's Island   J:  J.D.s Revenge   K:  Kid Vengeance,   Killer of Sheep,   The Klansman   L:  Lady Cocoa,   Lady Sings The Blues,   The Landlord,   Leadbelly,   The Legend of Nigger Charley,   Let's Do It Again,   The Liberation of L.B. Jones,   The Limit,   The Long Night,   Lord Shango   M:  The Mack,   Mahogany,   The Man,   Man And Boy,   Man Friday,   Mandinga,   Mandingo,   Maurie,   The McMasters,   Mean Johnny Barrows,   Mean Mother,   Melinda,   Miss Melody Jones,   Mister Deathman,   Monkey Hustle,   Mother, Jugs & Speed,   Mr. Mean,   Mr. Ricco,   The Muthers   N:  Nigger Lover,   Night of the Cobra Woman,   Night of the Strangler,   No Way Back  Norman... Is That You?,   Nurse Sherri   ​   O: Old Dracula,  The Omega Man,  The Organization  P: Pacific Inferno,  Passion Plantation,  Penitentiary,  Pete Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-In-Law,  A Piece of the Action,  Pipe Dreams,  A Place Called Today,  Poor Pretty Eddie  Q: Quadroon  R:  Right On!,  The River Niger  S:  Savage!,   Savage Sisters,   Save the Children,   Scream, Blacula Scream,   Shaft,   Shaft in Africa,   Shaft's Big Score!,   Sheba Baby,   Silver Streak,   The Six Thousand Dollar Nigger,   Skin Game,   The Slams,   Slaughter,   Slaughter's Big Rip-Off!,   Slavers,   Solomon King,   Soul Brothers of Kung Fu,   The Soul of Nigger Charley,   Soul Soldier,  Soul to Soul,   Sounder,   Space is the Place,   Sparkle,   Speeding Up Time,   The Spook Who Sat By The Door,   Stigma,   Stir Crazy,   Sudden Death,   Sugar Hill,   Super Dude,  Super Fly,   Super Fly T.N.T.,   Sweet Jesus Preacher Man,   Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song   T:  The Take,   Take a Hard Ride,   The Tattoo Connection,   Terminal Island,   Thank God It's Friday,   That Man Bolt,   That's The Way of the World,   They Call Me Mister Tibbs!,   The Thing With Two Heads,   Thomasine & Bushrod,   Three The Hard Way,   Three Tough Guys,   ...tick...tick...tick,   TNT Jackson,   Together Brothers,   Together For Days<   Top of the Heap,   Tough!,   Trick Baby,   Trouble Man,   Truck Turner,   The Twilight People   U:  Uptown Saturday Night   V:  Velvet Smooth   W:  A Warm December,   Watermelon Man,   Wattstax,   Way of the Black Dragon,   Welcome Home Brother Charles,   Which Way is Up?,   Willie Dynamite,   The Wiz,   Women in Cages   Y:  Youngblood   Z:  The Zebra Force,  The Zebra Killer 






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