ICFS and UCFS present Neo Noir! Shaft (1971) with Special Guest Josiah Howard

Name: ICFS and UCFS present Neo Noir! Shaft (1971) with Special Guest Josiah Howard
Start: 2025-09-16T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 432 State St, Downtown Schenectady, NY, United States, New York 12305

Schedule

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

432 State St, Downtown Schenectady, NY, United States, New York 12305 | Schenectady, NY

Richard Roundtree stars as John Shaft, a bad mother-shut-your-mouth in director Gordon Park’s stone-cold classic. A private detective working in downtown NYC, Shaft gets sought out by a Harlem-based mobster whose daughter may have been kidnapped. Shaft takes the case and quickly finds himself in the middle of a mob war. Josiah Howard, author of Blaxploitation Cinema, will introduce the screening and answer questions afterward. Jenelle Troxell (Associate Professor of English/Co-Director of Film Studies; Union College) will moderate the Q&A. Rated R. 100 minutes (plus Q&A).
Part of the film series: Neo Noir! Rebels, Revolutionaries, and the Rewriting of the Nation