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Trouble Man
Why this pick
A sleek, streetwise Black protagonist moves through Los Angeles corruption with the same self-possessed cool, morally flexible detective energy, and soul-inflected urban atmosphere as Shaft.
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MOVIE1971 1h 40m USA
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Its Harlem setting, fraught police-and-crime dynamics, and tough early-1970s texture closely echo Shaft, though with a grittier and more desperate edge.
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Cotton Comes to Harlem
Why this pick
Two charismatic Harlem detectives navigate crime, community politics, and hustlers in a stylish period mystery with Shaft’s neighborhood-specific confidence and lively Black perspective.
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Cleopatra Jones
Why this pick
For Shaft’s larger-than-life urban heroism, fashion-forward visual swagger, and satisfying confrontations with criminal power, centered on an equally commanding private agent.
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Hit Man
Why this pick
A hard-edged Los Angeles revenge thriller with a cool Black lead, sharp street encounters, and the lean, unsentimental momentum that makes Shaft so durable.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
John Shaft, a private detective, is informed that some gangsters are looking for him. Police Lt. Vic Androzzi meets Shaft and unsuccessfully tries to get information from him on the two gangsters. After Androzzi leaves, Shaft spots one of the men waiting for him in his office building. He forces the first gangster into his office where the second gangster is waiting. During a short fight, Shaft dodges one of them who goes out the window, while the other surrenders and reveals to him that Bumpy Jonas, the leader of a Harlem-based organized crime family, wants Shaft brought uptown to Harlem for a meeting.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
Joseph Leon
Byron Leibowitz
Arnold Johnson
Cul
Antonio Fargas
Bunky
Moses Gunn
Bumpy Jonas
Charles Cioffi
Vic Androzzi
Gwenn Mitchell
Ellie Moore
Lawrence Pressman
Sergeant Tom Hannon