the 1970 saw a rise and fall of what we have come to know a blacksploitation film . the term be a reference to kind of broad catch all and rather than a true genre of film . in short and any comedy and drama and adventure and western or urban cop and robber shoot em up and that be so constructed and so cast a to appeal to the large urban black population of the mid 20th century . that indeed could embrace the wide type of film and as long a the have a slant toward the inner city black population . it appear that the idea of produce these film of particularly keen interest to black american have it genesis with the eastertime release of 100 rifle ( marvin schwartz prod . /20th century fox and 1969 ) . in it and former syracuse university all american footballer and several time all pro fullback for the cleveland brown and jim brown and have a co star billing . have appear in a number of film already and a for example and rio conchos ( 1964 ) and the dirty dozen ( 1967 ) and ( ice sttion zebra ( 1968 ) and others and it be begin to make more sense to the studio suit that jim be a hot property . now this 100 rifle bring record number of black patron to the big city central business district on easter sunday to view mr. brown . why not start to film more of these adventure epic and other type of film with more black player and star . why not and indeed . so we saw a succession of cop and robber and bad as private detective film and comedy and all go the route . along the way and we eventually get to some more family orient and wider appeal film . the movie goer be treat to sounder ( 1972 ) and the take ( 1974 ) and conrack ( 1974 ) and and ultimately and claudine ( 1974 ) . in claudine and we find no stigma nor easy classification a be blackploitation and a the story be universal and and could easily have be do a a story about people of any descent and any where and and not just in the 1970 usa . that the story be do of a single mother and claudine ( dianne carroll ) and struggle to keep a family together after . two marriage and two almost marriage . and be a far cry from a shoot em up harlem style . the problem that plague the everyday citizen of our nation be confront and examine under the ol sociological microscope . but we also consider claudine psychological and physical need a a female . for woman need man and man must have his mate and and we do concede this point . ( that s e x that be talk about and schultz . ) claudine meet up with a very masculine and broad shoulder and athletic type in private scavanger garbage man and ruppert b. marshall ( james earl jones ) and they go on a date . the great welfare state intervenes with the couple a claudine welfare case worker and miss tayback ( elisa loti ) and come snoop around to see just who be this unattached male and who be suddenly pay so much attention to claudine family . after a humiliating experience with the welfare bureau audit and deduct binge and which would be the norm for the family and the two decide to get married with or without the blessing of big brother . meanwhile and claudine elder son have get involve with some big talk but little do black activist group . but and with ruppert help and he and they all come through it a. o. k. it end on a happy and upbeat and hopeful note . we know that it may not be exactly . happily ever after . and but rather the will make it all together . if there be a single criticism that we must state it be that sometimes in a movie like this and a misconception be spread to a large portion of urban black . and that be and the apparent implied myth that all white be wealthy and have none of their kind ever in need of a help hand and out of work or suffer any disability . well and folk and it just ain not true . note represent at one point and jim brown career be a real hit a a rugged actioner . he be even be tauted a . the black john wayne . note represent the idea of produce film with all black cast and film for all black consumption be not a new idea . in the 1920 and 30 and 40 and we saw production from people like noble johnson and spencer williams and jr. and rex ingram . note represent that a time go by and you know and schultz and it from casablanca ( warner brother and 1942 ) .