Foxy Brown is a 1974blaxploitation film starring Pam Grier. In the film, Grier plays the title character, whose boyfriend is murdered by the local mob. Foxy Brown starts a campaign of revenge, posing as a hooker to get inside information and teaming with a local activist group.
Foxy Brown's unrelenting sexiness while battling the villains is satirised in the character "Foxxy Cleopatra", played by Beyonce Knowles in the Austin Powers series Goldmember.
FoxyBrown, a sexy African American woman, seeks revenge when her government-agent boyfriend is shot down by The Man, vowing revenge on the pushers and pimps that have ruled her community.
FoxyBrown is one of the most influential blaxploitation films; Pam Grier's character often considered the female archetype of the genre.
It is often noted by film historians as one of the first blaxploitation films to provide a portrayal of a strong and independent woman; until Pam Grier, women often existed exclusively to support their men for a small part of the film.
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