Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman and starring Rchard Roundtree, this Blaxploitation classic spawned two direct sequels, a single season of a TV show, and two legacy sequels. The immortal theme tune won the movie an Oscar for Best Original Song. Who is the man? You can dig it, one more time on the big screen.
