Black Lolita

A beautiful singer whose career is on the rise finds out that her relatives are being harassed by criminals. She returns to her hometown to take revenge on them.[1][2] She puts together a team to take them on, and Buddha, the criminal boss who murdered her uncle, from whom he was trying to extort money.[3][4]

The film is also called Bad Lolita, and was released in 1975. The original was released in 3D.[5][6] It was announced in the January 20, 1975 issue of Box that the film was possibly the first black action movie to be filmed in 3D and that it was scheduled to open in Chicago in the near future.[7]

At the time when the film was made, Blaxploitation films were still very popular. Producer / director Stephen Gibson thought that some other films of that genre, like the Rudy Ray Moore films, weren't that good, and he thought he could work in that area as long as he delivered. He didn't do enough market research, and the film sank.[8] The film played at Detroit's Grand Circus theater where popcorn was thrown at the screen and seats were damaged.[9] Because he owned the picture, Gibson only had to worry about getting back his own money. He decided to change the title and shoot extra footage and other footage to add the story. The finished product was a different film altogether. It was called Wildcat Women. Black Lolita and Wildcat Women are actually two different films.[10]

The film was screened at the Plaza in Detroit in June 1975, and was doubled with Quadroon, which explored the status of mixed-race women in early 1800s New Orleans.[13] Also in Detroit, it screened at the Grand Circus where it didn't do well.[14]

• Imdb: Black Lolita
• Turner Classic Movies: Black Lolita