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Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976)















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Dyanne Thorne returns as Ilsa, now more vicious and brutal than ever! As the harem keeper for a depraved sheik, Ilsa and her lethal lesbian guards (Marilyn Joi and Tanya Boyd) run the most sadistic slavery ring in the Middle East. But when an American diplomat threatens to expose the perverse secrets of Ilsa's domain, she ignites a holy war of sexual violence and savage revolt! The second film in the notorious ILSA series, HAREM KEEPER is as equally shocking and controversial as its reviled predecessor.

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Passion Plantation [a.k.a. Black Emanuelle, White Emanuelle] (1976)














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In the pre-civil war American south, Emanuelle, a plantation owner's daughter, while outwardly a dainty southern belle, brutally abuses the slaves in her charge. When her fiance is bitten by a snake, he falls for Emanuelle's beautiful African-American maid who's kindness and skill saved his life. Insanely jealous, Emanuelle continues her sadistic behaviour towards her charges, and when her fiance announces he plans to wed the maid, Emanuelle "gives" her to her even more brutal hired men, and her fiance is powerless to stop them. Can Emanuelle learn an important lesson in love before it's too late for everyone?

Sunday, November 13, 2016

The First Breeze of Summer (1976, Broadway Theater)


















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The First Breeze of Summer follows a turbulent time in a working class African-American family, where two unhappy sons come to a head with their stern, overworked father, while the grandmother wistfully recalls her long-lost youthful affairs. 

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Almos' A Man (1976)













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Although Dave (LeVar Burton, Roots, Dummy) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930's, this 15 year-olds problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. “Almos' A Man”, yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.

Dave finds a way to buy a pistol and at last, is ready to pull the trigger for the first time, never again will they call him a boy…But, he trembles, the gun overpowers the boy's body and he loses control - his young life forever changed.  Also starring Madge Sinclair (Cornbread, Earl & Me) and Robert DoQui (Coffy).