TCM’s Next “Plot Thickens” Podcast: Pam Grier

TCM’s Next “Plot Thickens” Podcast: Pam Grier

Pam Grier, an action heroine who starred in Blaxploitation classics like Coffy, brown fox s friday adoptsIn the post-podcast, TCM will speak with host Ben Mankevich about his life and career. the plot thickens This autumn.

“The word ‘iconic’ is overused in the industry, but Pam was a real game-changer in portraying women of color in Hollywood,” Mankiewicz said in a statement. “Pam’s characters are apologetic, tough and fiercely independent, just as they were when they started in Hollywood five decades ago and remain so today.”

Greer, who lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, grew up in the UK, Denver and Wyoming. After director Jack Hill’s appearance in the films Women in Prison big doll house (1971) and A big bird cage (1972), he gave to a nurse seeking revenge against mobsters who turned her son into a heroin addict. Coffy (1973).

A $500,000 release from American International Pictures outperformed the Bond film. live and let die First place at the box office. Grier was 24 years old when the film was made.

Pam Greer in “Coffy” from 1973.
Courtesy of the Everett Collection

“The public was fascinated, but Hollywood executives ignored Pam,” notes TCM. “He called it studio hypocrisy and pushed for major roles that had depth. When Hollywood got too toxic, he’d leave town. It turned out that the movies needed Pam Grier more than the Pam Grier movies.

Greer, of course, later played Quentin Tarantino as the lead. jackie brown (1994). He has just joined the cast of the Tubi thriller Lower leg.

On Sunday night at the TCM Classic Film Festival, Grier, 72, will speak with Jacqueline Stewart before showing the film. Coffee in Hollywood

the plot thickens In May 2020, he was nominated for an Oscar-winning film by Peter Bogdanovich. Later seasons focused on exciting production. a bonfire of vanity (1990) and Lucill Ball.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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