{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"BLAXPLOITATION, BABY! - Odie Henderson and Bruce Goldstein","description":"In part 3 of the July \u2013 September 2024 installment of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, Film Forum\u2019s Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein has a lively, free-wheeling conversation with Odie Henderson, chief film critic of The Boston Globe, about our upcoming festival BLAXPLOITATION, BABY!, opening Friday, August 16, and continuing for a week with 16 genre classics from the early 1970s, including SHAFT, SUPER FLY, COFFY, CLEOPATRA JONES, and much more.&amp;nbsp; The festival coincides with the publication of Henderson\u2019s new book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation, available for purchase at our concession during the festival. &amp;nbsp;Odie will appear in person at Film Forum to introduce screenings of FOXY BROWN, WILLIE DYNAMITE, and BLACK CAESAR \u2013 with a book signing follow Friday night\u2019s show of FOXY BROWN. As a young man, Odie attended every single movie in Film Forum\u2019s -- and the world\u2019s \u2013 very first Blaxploitation festival in 1995, programmed by Bruce and pioneering author and film historian Donald Bogle, who also collaborated on the current series. &amp;nbsp;Justin Simien\u2019s 4-part documentary HOLLYOOD BLACK, based on Bogle\u2019s book, premiered this week on MGM+. ","author_name":"Film Forum Presents","author_url":"https:\/\/filmforum.org\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32594202\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/176298677"}