Super Fly (film)

Super Fly (film)

Super Fly is a 1972 Blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business.

This film is known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul singer Curtis Mayfield (see Super Fly (soundtrack)). Super Fly is one of the few films ever to have been outgrossed by its soundtrack.

Leading man O'Neal directed a sequel to the film that was released less than a year later, Super Fly T.N.T.; Super Fly producer Sig Shore directed a second sequel in 1990, The Return of Superfly.