Sig Shore
Directing
Biography
Sig Shore, an independent producer whose low-budget 1972 film “Superfly” was among the first of the so-called blaxploitation movies of the 1970s and gave its name to the flamboyant style that was a hallmark of the genre.
Known For
Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises and surprises, where it's never clear who's really working for whom.
The Act
Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.
Super Fly
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
Tamango
Priest returns to New York from Paris to find his friend's murderer. With a couple of new allies, he attempts to bring the killers to justice while trying not to get into criminal activity like he did years ago.
The Return of Superfly
Record executives want a highly-regarded record producer to focus on a white pop act whom they feel has the sound America wants. To keep his creative integrity, Buckmaster carefully begins to fight the system that has made him the respected producer he has become.
That's the Way of the World
An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed.
The Survivalist
A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.
Super Fly T.N.T.
A New York City career woman becomes a vigilante after being raped by two car thieves.
Sudden Death
Documentary with recordings from the Nuremberg war crimes trials.