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JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, resolved and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonJohn Shaft
- Jessie T. UsherJJ Shaft
- Regina HallMaya Babanikos
- Alexandra ShippSasha Arias
- Richard RoundtreeJohn Shaft, Sr.
- Jordan Preston CarterYoung JJ
- Nyah Marie JohnsonYoung Sasha
- Matt LauriaMajor Gary Cutworth
- Titus WelliverSpecial Agent Vietti
- Method ManFreddie P.
Crew
- Tim StoryDirector
- Kenya BarrisWriter
- Alex BarnowWriter
- Ernest TidymanNovel
- Larry BlanfordDirector of Photography
- Christopher LennertzOriginal Music Composer
- Peter S. ElliotEditor
- John DavisProducer
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