Air shafts, or ventilation shafts, turn up pretty often in movies to help our heroes get out of trouble. Let's vent about ...

Richard Roundtree was in several other movies following Shaft, but no matter what other flick he did, people are forever going to recognize him as Shaft. People may have even mistakenly seen him ...

By Elena Bergeron As unthinkable as it now seems, the role of John Shaft, paragon of movie star Black masculinity, was very nearly cast as a white character. Executives at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...

And the film works so well that if Samuel L. Jackson is willing, this could be the first of a whole new series of “Shaft” movies. Leather-coat-wearing Detective John Shaft is the most ...

Samuel L. Jackson took over the Shaft movie franchise in 2000 from its original lead Richard Roundtree. In the sequel to the 1971 movie, Jackson plays the nephew of John Shaft (Roundtree).

Roundtree’s “Shaft” was part of a change in how Black movies were viewed in Hollywood, which failed to consider Black actors – especially for leading roles — in projects at the time.

The low-budget movie rocked the cultural firmament like an earthquake. "Shaft" was made for $500,000 and grossed $13 million, nabbing a best original song Oscar for Isaac Hayes, who composed the ...

“Shaft” — Can you dig it? Roundtree’s status as a cultural icon lived on and carried the actor through a five-decade Hollywood career encompassing more than 150 movie and television appearance ...

Richard Roundtree, who broke ground with his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise, died October 24 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer with his family at his bedside. He was 81.

Roundtree’s “Shaft” was part of a change in how Black movies were viewed in Hollywood, which failed to consider Black actors – especially for leading roles — in projects at the time.

Roundtree’s “Shaft” was part of a change in how Black movies were viewed in Hollywood, which failed to consider Black actors – especially for leading roles — in projects at the time.