Beyond Blaxploitation - Discussing the Radical Outlier, Top of the Heap w/ Macedonia

This episode I have a returning guest Macedonia to discuss one of the most unsung gems of the 1970's; Christopher St. John's Top of the Heap. A radical take down of the pangs of social mobility for the Black individual, Top of the Heap is an entry into Black Cinema that takes a hard look at Black existence in the imperial core through the experience of the Black Police Officer. Macedonia and I dissect this film that both hit us like a ton of bricks upon first viewing and we both believe it holds significant keys to discussions around Blackness within empire. If you want to watch Top of the Heap before the episode drops its free on Tubi To see more of Macedonia is doing you can check his work on these platforms: Radio BSOTS - http://bsots.com/ BSOTS blog - https://radiobsots.blogspot.com/ Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/macedonia/ Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/@bsots Threads - https://www.threads.com/@bsots IG - https://www.instagram.com/bsots/ To get a jump on the shows a few days early, bonus video episodes every month, deeper dives into text and works with revolutionary content and political art study groups check out Mtume's Patreon and become a subscriber!  Additionally, check out my new colaboration The Imperial 80's, a series I co-hosted with Jared Ware of Millenials are Killing Capitalism. We take a dive into the wild world of 80's Hollywood and uncover what it has to say about this imperial project called The United States. You can find us on Patreon and make sure to follow the channel if you want to catch the livestreams Tumes