One of the Earliest Blaxploitation Films Cotton Comes to Harlem, Movie Still Archive

[Early Blaxploitation] Cotton Comes to Harlem Archive of 6 Movie Stills. United Artists, Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation, 1970. Each measures 10" x 8". This archive includes five black and white movie stills and one colorful movie still. Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 American neo-noir action comedy thriller film co-written and directed by Ossie Davis, starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Calvin Lockhart. The film, later cited as one of the earliest examples of the blaxploitation genre, is based on Chester Himes' novel of the same title. Karen Brame notes that "Cotton Comes to Harlem presented a diversity of themes, including (truncated) discrimination and intra-racial justice, surrounding The Black Community". In one image, Calvin Lockhart is captured "in a nefarious scheme". In the colorful still, men in typical 1970's attire gather in a large protest, holding a picket sign whilst yelling. In the remaining black and white stills, lead actors Raymond St. Jacques and Godfrey Cambridge stand in large crowds around Harlem. Two images bear verso stamps describing the scene portrayed and the plot. Photographs are clean and bright, in very good condition. (Inventory #: 19196)