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Events on Friday 2 July 1971 1
1971Shaft ReleasedBlaxploitation classic reshapes Black representation in filmGordon Parks's crime thriller Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree as a private detective, became a landmark of the blaxploitation genre and a major box-office success. Isaac Hayes's Academy Award-winning score helped define the film's cultural impact. It opened doors for a wave of Black-led studio productions in the 1970s.