April 24, 2026
SHAFT (1972) – AFI Movie Club
“Who’s the cat who won’t cop out when there’s danger all about?” Director Gordon Parks’ iconic SHAFT (1971) tells the story of the eponymous private dick – a suave, two-fisted Black hero hired to search Manhattan for the kidnapped daughter of a Harlem kingpin. Based on the novel by journalist and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman, SHAFT...
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