Black Cinema House programmer Floyd Webb presents a rare art film from the blaxploitation era.
by Ben Sachs
The low-budget feature Top of the Heap was released in 1972 by Fanfare Films, a distributor that specialized in exploitation movies like Born Losers and Execution Squad. Christopher St. John, the film's writer, director, producer, and star, had played a supporting role in Shaft and acted in some soft-core porn films marketed primarily to black audiences.…[ Read more ]