There are people who don't agree with that era of film. It is an important piece of the puzzle.

This era, as with any era, illustrates the struggle of the African-American to be recognized.

The posters are nothing more than advertising, and advertising relies on the popular culture. In this case, it was guns, women, wild clothing, crazy fashion, crazy hair.

While the African-American community liked the fact that they now had black heroes on the screen, ... a few years later, the same community was tiring of the image of the black man as a pimp.