Sistemo l'America e torno [a.k.a. Black Is Beautiful] (1974)

Starring:

• Paolo Villaggio 
• Sterling St. Jacques 
• Alfredo Rizzo

The film is primarily in Italian with English in various parts of the film. I done my best to translate the storyline of the film. The film offers an interesting perspective on Blaxploitation as this film was not made for American release, but filmed in urban areas across the United States while showing the political fight for African-American rights and justice. 

Storyline
John Bonfiglio (Paolo Villaggio) was sent to attend to some business in the United States by his employer, a wealthy industrialist from Busto Arsizio. Already located there, John is also in charge of hiring a promising American basketball player of color, Ben Ferguson (Sterling St. Jacques, the son of famed blaxploitation actor Raymond St. Jacques) for the Corporate basketball team, which is in need of a player that makes them invincible. Ferguson is immediately available, but before leaving for Italy, he forces Bonfiglio to accompany him on a tour across the United States to settle some personal matters. During the journey, John discovers that the basketball champion actually has not only the interest of the sport, but also politics...

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Blue Collar (1978)

Starring:

• Richard Pryor
• Harvey Keitel
• Yaphet Kotto
• Ed Begley Jr.
• Harry Bellaver
• George Memmoli
• Lucy Saroyan
• Lane Smith
• Cliff De Young
• Borah Silver
• Chip Fields

Storyline
Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto star in the powerful, critically acclaimed drama, Blue Collar. Three auto assembly line workers, fed up with union brass and tired of scraping by, hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters. Disappointed with their measly bounty, they realize they've made off with something much more valuable than cash. Their unexpected swipe suddenly envelopes the three autoworkers in a desperate fight against corruption and organized crime.

Detroit 9000 (1973)

Starring

• Hari Rhodes
• Vonetta McGee
• Alex Rocco
• Herbert Jefferson Jr.
• Rudy Challenger
• Ellaraino
• Scatman Crothers
• Ron McIlwain 
• Robert Phillips

Storyline
Directed by blaxploitation specialist Arthur Marks (Friday Foster, Bucktown) from a script by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Orville Hampton, Detroit 9000 follows a pair of detectives—one white, morally conflicted, and pragmatic (Alex Rocco), the other an African-American straight arrow (Hari Rhodes)—as they join forces to track down the men behind the high-stakes heist of a political fundraiser for an ambitious black politician.