Every Black ’70s Film Coming To Tubi In September — From ‘Coffy’ To ‘Cooley High’
The 70s are officially back thanks to Tubi’s forthcoming “Super Soul September,” spotlighting the 1970s wave of Black cinema. And believe us when we tell you, they’re coming with some serious, nostalgic heat!
From stars like Pam Grier and Isaac Hayes to Rudy Ray Moore and Jim Brown, these films are guaranteed to give you a good glimpse of all the Black cinematic magic that was being produced over 50 years ago. And if you need help getting your queue together, don’t worry — we’ve rounded up the films that’ll be showcased. So, keep reading for more info!
“Black Caesar”
Film Synopsis: After a racist cop’s brutal assault, Tommy Gibbs rises to lead Harlem’s Black mafia, challenging New York’s mob.
Year of Release: 1973
Starring: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Julius Harris
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“The Black Godfather”
Film Synopsis: A kingpin with a conscience consolidates his power and faces off with both a heroin cartel and the FBI.
Year of Release: 1974
Starring: Rod Perry, Damu King, Diane Sommerfield
“Coffy”
Film Synopsis: A nurse leads a double life as a vigilante, using her brains and guns to clean up the streets after her sister falls victim to local drug dealers.
Year of Release: 1973
Starring: Pam Grier, Robert DoQui, Booker Bradshaw
“Foxy Brown”
Film Synopsis: After her brother betrays her, a woman goes undercover to find the gangsters who killed her boyfriend — and get revenge.
Year of Release: 1974
Starring: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Juanita Brown
“Dolemite”
Film Synopsis: The role that made Rudy Ray Moore a midnight-cult icon: a framed pimp who fights city corruption with his all-girl kung-fu killers.
Year of Release: 1975
Starring: Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Brenda DeLong
“Disco Godfather”
Film Synopsis: Rudy Ray Moore ends his ’70s run in this trippy cult classic of kung-fu moves, disco bliss, and nightmarish anti-drug sequences.
Year of Release: 1979
Starring: Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels
“Cooley High”
Film Synopsis: A slice-of-life classic following two high school buddies hanging out and dreaming of the future in 1964 Chicago.
Year of Release: 1975
Starring: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris
“Bucktown”
Film Synopsis: In a southern town where white deputies extort the Black population, one man instigates a revolt.
Year of Release: 1975
Starring: Fred Williamson, Thalmus Rasulala, Pam Grier
“Sheba, Baby”
Film Synopsis: An independent Chicago detective (Pam Grier) returns to her Kentucky hometown to help her father take down the mobsters who trashed his business.
Year of Release: 1975
Starring: Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D’Urville Martin
“Cotton Comes to Harlem”
Film Synopsis: Two Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing a reverend staged it to steal money he collected for a local fundraiser.
Year of Release: 1970
Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Redd Foxx, Judy Pace
“TNT Jackson”
Film Synopsis: A city-smart, groovy karate expert searches 1970s Hong Kong for the person who killed her brother.
Year of Release: 1974
Starring: Jeannie Bell, Stan Shaw, Ken Metcalfe
“Truck Turner”
Film Synopsis: A relentless bounty hunter tracks a ruthless pimp through L.A. before a gang of assassins marks him for death.
Year of Release: 1974
Starring: Isaac Hayes, Nichelle Nichols, Annazette Chase
“Black Gunn”
Film Synopsis: A successful nightclub owner becomes a go-between for his militant brother and the mob syndicate his brother robbed.
Year of Release: 1972
Starring: Jim Brown, Brenda Sykes, Martin Landau
“Friday Foster”
Film Synopsis: A magazine photographer is plunged into a web of conspiracy after capturing an assassination attempt on the richest Black man in America.
Year of Release: 1975
Starring: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Carl Weathers
“Sounder”
Film Synopsis: A Depression-era sharecropping family is pulled apart when the father is sent to a prison labor camp.
Year of Release: 1972
Starring: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
“Get Christie Love”
Film Synopsis: A fearless undercover operative for the LAPD takes on the city’s most dangerous criminals with style and class.
Year of Release: 1974
Starring: Teresa Graves, Ron Rifkin, Louise Sorel
“Sugar Hill”
Film Synopsis: When her nightclub-owner boyfriend is taken out by the mob, Diana enlists a voodoo high priest to summon the undead for revenge.
Year of Release: 1974
Starring: Marki Bey, Don Pedro Colley, Larry D. Johnson
