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Shaft

Shaft (1971)

R 1h 40m 6.5/10 IMDb
ActionCrimeThriller

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Director: Gordon Parks

Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Racial slurs / racism (depicted)

Substance Use

Drug use (depicted)

Violence & Physical Harm

Gun violence
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