Trying to Get OverFrom 1972 to 1976, Hollywood made an unprecedented number of films targeted at black audiences. But following this era known as blaxploitation, the momentum suddenly reversed for black filmmakers, and a large void separates the end of blaxploitation from the black film explosion that followed the arrival of Spike Lees She's Gotta Have It in 1986. Illuminating an overlooked era in African American film history, Trying to Get Over is the first in depth