Superfly (1972)

Superfly: Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.. With Ron O’Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris. The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

“One of the grittiest of the so-called blaxploitation films of the 1970s, Gordon Parks Jru0026#39;s Superfly can really catch audiences off guard and sober them up. Ron Ou0026#39;Nealu0026#39;s brooding performance as retiring drug dealer Youngblood Priest is excellent, as is the consistently evident tension between the races (expertly captured by Parks). I recently had the opportunity to see Superfly at a film festival, and Curtis Mayfieldu0026#39;s on-screen appearance in a nightclub received a warm round of applause from the packed theater. Mayfield really did deliver one of the greatest soundtracks in film history for Superfly. u0026quot;Pusherman,u0026quot; u0026quot;Freddieu0026#39;s Dead,u0026quot; the title song and many others are just incredible.”