this be the very first movie i ever saw in my life back in 1974 or 1975. i be 4 year old at the time and saw it at a drive in theatre . i do not grasp that this would be a classic at the time ( i go to sleep about twenty minute into the movie ) . after see it on the television along with two of my other favourite movie car wash ( my favourite movie ) and the wiz which seem to come on every year about the same time all together about 40 and 50 and 75 time i know that here be a movie that i would have a one of my favourite . those three movie be the only live action show that i could watch a a child . i would not consider this to be a blaxploitation movie but rather an urban interest movie . cochise and preach remind me of some of my uncle especially the wild irish rise that they drink . my mother also tell me about some of the quarter party that she attend and that some of the thing that occur in the movie be similar in nature to what occur in real life . if you be one of the two or three black people over thirty who hasn not see this movie yet then i recommend that you buy the dvd right now . i be glad that i be around to witness some of the going on of the era .