"Brown Sugar" - New Streaming Service for African Americans - Launches

As African American films starting making their debut in the early 70’s, it paved the way for more African American actors/actresses to appear in leading roles. These films included drama, action-pack and comedy, with a mixture of funk and soul music. Stars like Pam Grier and Fred Williamson became household names. Songs from the movies, such as the “Theme from Shaft” and “Super Fly,” were charting America’s Top 40. The combination of film and music had a great influence on filmmaking and all forms of art, including hip-hip.

We can, now, enjoy the biggest collection of the baddest African-American movies of all-times by subscribing to Brown Sugar, a new streaming service for African Americans, which was recently launched. Pam Grier, Fred “The Hammer” Williamson and Rap Superstar Rick Ross are the official ambassadors. The service features an extensive library of iconic black movies, all un-edited and commercial-free. Brown Sugar is now available in the Google Play Store and iTunes App Store and for computers at www.BrownSugar.com. There is a free initial trial period for subscribers with a retail price of $3.99/month, thereafter. Don't forget to subscribe today!

Brown Sugar is a black explosion of some of the hottest chicks, coolest cats and cult classics, as it streams such movies as Foxy Brown, The Mack, Shaft, Super Fly, Dolemite, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Uptown Saturday Night and Cooley High, just to name a few; featuring stars like Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Richard Roundtree, Jim Kelly, Godfrey Cambridge, Max Julien, Richard Pryor, Rudy Ray Moore, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Isaac Hayes, Tamara Dobson, Yaphet Kotto, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thalmus Rasulala and many others. These movies and stars made a major impact on the American culture and still continue to do so, today.

“Brown Sugar is just like Netflix, only blacker,” said the iconic Grier, who can be seen in Foxy Brown, Coffy, Original Gangstas, and more. “These movies are entertaining and fun, but they were also empowering to the black community as they depicted African Americans as strong leading characters and heroes for the first time.”

“You wonder why we call it Brown Sugar? Because it’s bad ass – like me,” commented Williamson, whose Brown Sugar movies include Black Caesar, Three The Hard Way, Hell Up in Harlem, and many others. “Brown Sugar is the coolest streaming movie service on the planet.”

Rick Ross commented, “You can see the influence of these movies in every aspect of rap and hip-hop; in the music, the lyrics, the fashion and overall style - the Blaxploitation genre is where it all began.”

Brown Sugar is owned by Bounce TV, the fastest-growing African-American network on television.