Shaft (1971)

image of the MGM studio's opening logo during the 1950s, featuring the lion roaring in the center of a circle, around which reads:

TCM Celebrates MGM’s 100th Anniversary in April 2024

The legendary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio was founded a century ago, on April 17, 1924. Turner Classic Movies is celebrating each Monday in April 2024 with daylong lineups of legendary MGM films from across the various decades of its existence.
413 HOPE ST., Richard Roundtree, (1997), 1997-98

The Late Richard Roundtree’s Trailblazing Legacy

Roundtree was an important face of the blaxploitation movements of the ’70s.
SHAFT, Richard Roundtree, 1971

Richard Roundtree Dies: ‘Shaft’ Star Was 81

Roundtree had recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.