Nov 5, 2014 — By WSU News Services — * "Putting 1970s Blaxploitation Films in Historical Perspective" will be presented by Robert E. Weems, Jr., the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at WSU, at 6 p.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 27) in 208 Hubbard Hall. Weems will discuss the business, economic and social dynamics of the 1970s "Blaxploitation" film genre. Attendees also will view the film "Shaft," directed by fa