A good definition of the term “exploitation film” is: “a film designed by its producers to ‘exploit’, via clever marketing and promotion, the notoriety of certain sensational current events and trends ...

Vonetta McGee, 65, an actress who played leading roles in blaxploitation films including "Blacula" and "Shaft in Africa," died July 9 at a hospital in Berkeley, Calif. She suffered cardiac arrest and ...