There's Something About Dolemite is the official podcast for the new Netflix film "Dolemite Is My Name". Throughout the season, host Brandon Jenkins explores how the blaxploitation era and comedian Rudy Ray Moore's "Dolemite" have had a lasting impact on black culture.
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There's Something About Dolemite is the official podcast for the new Netflix film "Dolemite Is My Name". Throughout the season, host Brandon Jenkins explores how the blaxploitation era and comedian Rudy Ray Moore's "Dolemite" have had a lasting impact on black culture.
In this episode, host Brandon Jenkins speaks with filmmaker, actor, and martial artist Michael Jai White. They discuss the intersection between kung fu and Blaxploitation, his film "Black Dynamite," and what it's like to bring such an iconic era of film to a new generation.
This Episode's Blaxploitation Watch List:
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Black Dynamite (2009)
Superfly (1972)
Willie Dynamite (1973)
Trouble Man (1972)
Shaft (1971)
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
The Mack (1973)
Dolemite (1975)
There's Something About Dolemite
There's Something About Dolemite is the official podcast for the new Netflix film "Dolemite Is My Name". Throughout the season, host Brandon Jenkins explores how the blaxploitation era and comedian Rudy Ray Moore's "Dolemite" have had a lasting impact on black culture.