Thank you to those who dared to be The Black Renaissance Filmmakers aka Blaxploitation who challenged the odds. The creators of Independent Film Making, naming a few actresses who transposed words into life onto the big screen: Abbey Lincoln, Cartol Speed, Jonelle Allen, Diana Sands, Madge Sinclair, Claudia McNeil, Emily Yancy, Tamara Dobson, Beverly Todd, Pam Grier, Annezette Chase, Esther Rolle, Cecily Tyson, Sheila Frazier, Hope Clarke, Marki Bey, Margaret Avery, Vonetta McGee, Jayne Kennedy, Rosalind Cash, Judy Pace, Gail Fisher, Lisa Moore, and many others. Yes, I was there and it was a-rockin' time!