Shaft is a 1971 American <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation">blaxploitation</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_film">crime</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_thriller_film">action thriller film</a> directed by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks">Gordon Parks</a> and written by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Tidyman">Ernest Tidyman</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(1971_film)#cite_note-4"> </a>and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._F._Black">John D. F. Black</a>. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(novel)">novel of the same name</a> and is the first entry in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(film_series)">Shaft film series</a>. The plot revolves around a private <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective">detective</a> named <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shaft">John Shaft</a> who is hired by a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem">Harlem</a> mobster to rescue his daughter from the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Mafia">Italian mobsters</a> who kidnapped her. The film stars <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roundtree">Richard Roundtree</a> as Shaft, alongside <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Gunn">Moses Gunn</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cioffi">Charles Cioffi</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_St._John">Christopher St. John</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Pressman">Lawrence Pressman</a>.The film explores themes including <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculinity">masculinity</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexuality">sexuality</a>, with a specific emphasis on <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_power_movement">Black Power</a>. It was filmed in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem">Harlem</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village">Greenwich Village</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square">Times Square</a> within the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan">Manhattan</a> borough of New York City. The <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(Isaac_Hayes_album)">Shaft soundtrack album</a>, recorded by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes">Isaac Hayes</a>, was also a success, winning a Grammy Award for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Score_Soundtrack_for_Visual_Media">Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture</a> and a second Grammy (shared with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Allen_(arranger)">Johnny Allen</a>) for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Arrangement,_Instrumental_or_A_Cappella">Best Instrumental Arrangement</a>. The "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_from_Shaft">Theme from Shaft</a>" won the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a>, making Hayes the first Black man to win the award for that category.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(1971_film)#cite_note-8"> </a>The song has appeared on <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(1971_film)#Soundtrack">multiple Top 100 lists</a>, including <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Songs">AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs</a>.

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