It has been 50 years since Sheila Frazier made her big-screen debut as Georgia, girlfriend to wily drug dealer Youngblood Priest, in the blaxploitation film classic Super Fly. And Frazier ...

Super Fly is a 1972 American crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. It tells the story of Youngblood Priest, a Harlem cocaine dealer who wants to quit the drug business for good. The movie ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I doubt “Super Fly” could play to Black audiences nowadays the same way it did August 4, 1972, when the film premiered at the Scrumpy-Dump Cinema on East 105th Street.

The Library of Congress’ National Film Registry will expand its catalog to include classic films like “House Party” and “Super Fly” among those chosen for this year’s additions to the ...

Youngblood Priest has earned a small fortune as a drug dealer. He lives a life of luxury and controls his own network of low-level drug dealers. He figures that it is only a matter of time to be ...

"Super Fly" is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Here's a look at the pioneering elements and drawbacks of the most successful Blaxploitation movie of its time. NPR’s Eric Deggans talked to ...

From the classic Blaxploitation film Super Fly and Nora Ephron’s defining rom-com When Harry Met Sally to groundbreaking LGBTQ+ films, Iron Man, and Carrie, this year’s selections represent a ...

Mayfield understood the film from personal experience. “I didn’t have to leave my neighborhood to be surrounded by the things Super Fly is about,” he told Rolling Stone in 1973.

It has been 50 years since Sheila Frazier made her big-screen debut as Georgia, girlfriend to wily drug dealer Youngblood Priest, in the blaxploitation film classic Super Fly. And Frazier estimates ...