SHAFT! w/Special Guest Josiah Howard

ICFS and Union College present
SHAFT (1971)
Richard Roundtree stars as John Shaft, a bad mother-shut-your-mouth in director Gordon Park’s stone-cold classic. A private detective working in downtown NYC, Shaft gets sought out by a Harlem-based mobster whose daughter may have been kidnapped. Shaft takes the case and quickly finds himself in the middle of a mob war. Josiah Howard, author of Blaxploitation Cinema, will introduce the screening and answer questions afterward. Jenelle Troxell (Union College) will moderate the Q&A. Rated R. 100 minutes (plus Q&A).

This film is part of the film series titled:
Neo Noir! Rebels, Revolutionaries, and the Rewriting of the Nation

TICKETS:
https://www.atproctors.org/event/icfs-and-ucfs-present-neo-noir-shaft-1971-with-special-guest-josiah-howard/