COTTON COMES TO HARLEM is a quirky, colorful love letter to the people and culture of Harlem, tucked away inside a crime story adapted from a Chester Himes novel. MGM packaged the DVD in the “Soul Cinema” series along with COFFY, FOXY BROWN, BLACK CAESAR and TRUCK TURNER, but to me it doesn’t really feel like a blaxploitation movie. If it is it deserves credit for being one of the most textured and gorgeous looking blaxploitation movies. I will intersperse some random screen grabs throughout this review to give you an idea of all the great colors, clothing, sets and locations. (read the rest of this shit…)
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Cotton Comes to Harlem
Thursday, February 20th, 2014Tags: Calvin Lockhart, Chester Himes, Cleavon Little, Emily Yancy, Galt MacDermot, Godfrey Cambridge, Judy Pace, Ossie Davis, Raymond St. Jacques, Redd Foxx
Posted in Crime, Reviews | 9 Comments »
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