Richard Roundtree, star of 'Shaft,' dies at 81 | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
“Shaft,” which was released in 1971, was among the first of the so-called Blaxploitation movies, and it made Roundtree a movie star at 29.
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'Shaft' Star Richard Roundtree Passes Away At 81
'Shaft' Star Richard Roundtree Passes Away At 81
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Richard Roundtree, 'Shaft' Star, Dies at 81
Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing actor who starred as private detective John Shaft in several films in the 1970s, has died. He was 81.
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Film director Michael Schultz's Yellow Springs connection
Renowned film director Michael Schultz, known for iconic 1970s movies “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” and 1980s classics “Krush Groove” and “The Last Dragon,” once directed at the Antioch Area Theater's summer festival in the '60s. Arthur Lithgow offered Schultz the job.
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Broadway star Norm Lewis says you have to find a sense of hope in 'A Soldier's Play' – Chicago Tribune
The play is much more than a crime drama, it sheds light on the history of segregation and racism in the U.S. Army and broader American society.
Source: chicagotribune.com