![]() Its “level of depth in a film starring and directed by Black people in an inner city ghetto hadn’t been seen since the so-called ‘Blaxploitation’ era of the 1970s,” Okayplayer’s Dart Adams wrote on its 25th anniversary, crediting the film with detonating “the ‘Black Film Explosion’ of the early 1990s.” “I guess you could say we came close?”ĭepends on how you define that parameter, but there’s no doubt that three decades later remains a deeply beloved slice of cinema, particularly among Black viewers. “The original film was supposed to be the Black Godfather,” Snipes tells Yahoo Entertainment during a recent interview promoting his new comedy sequel Coming 2 America (watch above). Wesley Snipes says they had lofty ambitions when setting out to make the 1991 crime thriller New Jack City, released in theaters 30 years ago, on March 8, 1991. ![]()
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