Shaft | |
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Created by | Ernest Tidyman |
Original work | Shaft (1970) |
Years | 1970–present |
Print publications | |
Novel(s) | Shaft (1970) |
Films and television | |
Film(s) |
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Television series | Shaft (1973–74) |
The Shaft franchise[1] consists of five action-crime feature films and seven television films, centered on a family of African-American police detectives who all share the name John Shaft. The first three features may be described as blaxploitation films, the television film series is a mystery, and the fourth feature installment is a crime thriller. By contrast the fifth film installment, released to Netflix, is a satirical buddy-cop comedy.[2]