A blast from the Blaxploitation past, resurrected courtesy of Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder Releasing. At the Hail Our Heroes Ball, a gala Detroit event honoring African-American achievement, Congressman Aubrey Hale Clayton (Rudy
Challenger) spontaneously announces his plans to run for governor and asks for contributions. But the generous outpouring is snatched by a well-coordinated gang of thieves in ski masks and identical white coats. The heist quickly becomes a PR nightmare: Half Detroit believes it's part of a white
conspiracy to keep African-Americans out of politics, the other half figures it's an inconsequential case of black-on-black crime. The men i...
Released:
1973
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins