The Grooved Pavement
A not-so-jive Blaxploitation movie review podcast talk show hosted by Phan Media creator, Phanatiks Entertainment owner & Hudsy TV co-founder Shawn Strong along with Newburgh native genius & educator Decarius McClearn. The show is more than a review of the Blaxploitation era of the '70s but an analysis. An exploration of the exploitation period. But not just the entertainment aspect of it but also the politics that had its hand in it before and during the makings of this cultured cinema genre. We are talking about the movies' cast, music, and today's continual connections, trivia, TV shows, and more.https://linktr.ee/Thegroovedpavement
Episodes
10 episodes
Episode 10: Cotton Comes To Harlem
Shawn Strong and Decarius McClearn discuss and review Cotton Comes To Harlem. Directed by the great Ossie Davis, starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques as "Gravedigger" Jones and "Coffin' Ed Johnson as two Harlem cops investigate a ...
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Episode 10
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42:52
Episode 9: Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song
Shawn Strong and Decarius McClearn discuss and review Melvin Van Peebles' third feature, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song," a 1971 American blaxploitation film written, co-produced, sc...
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Episode 9
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32:16
Episode 8: Watermelon Man
Shawn Strong and Decarius McClearn discuss and review Melvin Van Peebles' second feature made in 19070, "Watermelon Man," which is a satirist comedy with racism as the undertones. Starring Godfrey Cambridge and Estelle Parson, the white c...
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Episode 8
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58:26
Episode 7: The Story of A 3-Day Pass
TGP hosts Shawn Strong and Decarius McClearn talk about and review Melvin Van Peebles directorial debut of 'The Story of A 3-Day Pass.' Filmed in France and with a touch of the French New Wave Style. A black and white film the was more style th...
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Episode 7
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50:06
Episode 6: Pre-Blaxploitation Wrap Up
TGP wraps up the pre-Blaxploitation and talk about the movies we discussed thus fat up to this point. Films include: The Cool World, Black Like Me, The Black Klansman, Klansman, Uptight, Putney Swope, Slaves, Halls of Anger, If He Hollers, Let ...
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Episode 6
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37:34
Episode 5: Pre-Blaxploitation - Black Bikers From Hell/Black Brigade
We discuss and review the pre-Blaxploitation era with the films Black Angels aka Bikers From Hell and Black Brigade aka Carter's Army.Black Angels from Hell was a really bad movie. Period! Black Brigade aka Carter's Army, w...
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Episode 5
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1:15:26
Episode 4: Pre-Blaxploitation - If He Hollers, Let Him Go & Change of Mind
Episode 4 includes 2 movies starring the great late actor Raymond St. Jacques. If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968) An escaped convict James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) goes to a small town to clear his name. He becomes part of a murder plo...
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Episode 4
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1:18:52
Episode 3: Halls of Anger (1970) & Slaves (1969)
Episode 3, we discuss 2 different but connecting classics. Halls Of Anger (1970), starring Calving Lockhart, directed by Paul Bogart. Slaves (1969), directed by Herbert Biberman, starring Ossie Davis and features the big screen ...
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Episode 3
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1:35:11
Episode 2: Putney Swope & Uptight
Hosts Shawn Strong and Decarius McClearn discuss 2 classics. Putney Swope (1969) written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. starring Arnold Johnson featuring Antonio Fargas. Putney Swope elected advertising executive of a marketing firm ...
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Episode 2
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1:09:37
