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| | At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Shaft (1971) |
 | | It was a film made by, for, and about inner city fls, and for one of the first times in movie history, fls had the power and freedom to work in mainstream film. |
 | | Whites are present as characters in the story, but they're shunted aside by both the fl characters and by the film itself, much like the adult characters are treated in A Hard Day's Night. |
 | | With the possible exception of Shaft himself, we don't care about the characters and therefore don't care about the story, which, after all, is only a device to move Shaft from one opportunity to show off his cool to another. |
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