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Coffy (French subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
January 31st, 2023
Duration
91 min
Cycle
Les années Blaxploitation

To celebrate Black History Month, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be screening 15 iconic Blaxploitation movies. This genre, that hit its peaks in the 70s in the US, in a volatile and dissenting political, economical and social context, broke the color codes. The outdated portraits gallery which reduced Black people to servile objects is being replaced by a new esthetic of identy empowerment. This movie cycle intends to shed light on a rich and heteroclite filmography where various sub-genres intersect (action, martial arts, horror, western, drama) to disrupt the essentialist perception of Afro-American (life) experiences.Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, Diahann Carroll, Richard Roundtree, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte are showing, to those willing to see, that Black is beautiful!

Coffy
Directed by
Jack Hill
Language
English with French subtitles
Actors
Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott, Allan Arbus
Origins
USA
Year
1973
Duration
91 min
Genre
Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Coffy is a nurse by day and a vigilante by night. When she discovers that a drug dealer has dragged her young sister into the ruthless world of drugs, she not only puts an end to the criminal's miserable existence, but also resolves to follow his trail in order to trace him back. Coffy's thirst for revenge will never cease, but she will realize that appearances are sometimes deceiving... The film is famous for its soundtrack by vibraphonist Roy Ayers.

Coffy

Jack Hill

Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an American film director in the exploitation film genre. Several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.

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