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MarkinIA commented about Omaha Theater on Oct 9, 2007 at 12:55 pm

In the 1970s the Omaha Theater started primarily showing what were (and are) known as “blaxploitation” movies (such as “Shaft”, “Superfly”, “Blacula”, and many lesser similar works.) Occasionally they’d show kung-fu or ultra-obscure horror movies, but it more or less became known as “the black theater” around town.

I think the demise of the “blaxploitation” subgenre in the late ‘70s contributed heavily to the demise of the Omaha Theater.