Erica McKoy in conversation with Professor Mia Mask to discuss the life and works of Pam Grier.
Professor Mia Mask has curated the season, Pam Grier: Foxy, fierce and fearless at the BFI, a 14-film retrospective. The season runs from Sept 2 to Oct 4 and presents three stages of Grier’s unorthodox career from the early ‘Sexploitation start-up’ era to Blaxploitation cult classics and a ‘Nostalgia for Pam’ phase.
Mia Mask is professor of Film at Vassar College, and is the author of the book 'Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film'.
Pam Grier: Foxy, Fierce and Fearless continues at BFI Southbank until 4 October. Plus, the 25th anniversary release of Jackie Brown is in cinemas UK-wide now.
In partnership with Dark Matter, a collaborative creative agency that connects Black audiences with films.
FOXY, FIERCE AND FEARLESS [BFI Southbank and Dark Matter]
TRACKLIST:
Roy Ayers - Theme of Coffy
Roy Ayers - Coffy Baby
Roy Ayers - Aragon
Willie Hutch - Theme of Foxy Brown
Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
Marvin Gaye - T Plays It Cool
Earth, Wind and Fire - Sweetbacks Theme
Willie Hutch - Brother's Gonna Work It Out
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (Alternate Mix)
Roy Ayers - Escape
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Willie Hutch - Foxy Lady
Bloodstone - Natural High
The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You
Willie Hutch - Hospital Prelude of Love Theme
Pam Grier - Long Time Woman
FILM LIST:
Professor Mia Mask Film Suggestions
Foxy, Fierce and Fearless Season at the BFI
Other film suggestions:
Daughters of the Dust (1991) - Directed by Julie Dash
Killer of Sheep (1978) - Directed by Charles Burnett
Diary of an African Nun (1977) - Directed by Julie Dash
Compensation (1999) - Directed by Zeinabu irene Davis
The Harder They Fall (2021) - Directed by Jeymes Samuel