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Exploitation is the name given to a film genre, extant since the earliest days of moviemaking, but popularized in the 1970s. Exploitation films typically sacrifice traditional notions of artistic merit for the sensational display of some topic about which the audience may be curious, or have some prurient interest.

Subcategories of exploitation films include the following:

• Black Exploitation, or "blaxploitation" films, are made with black actors, ostensibly for black audiences, and about stereotypically African American themes such as slum life, drugs, and prostitution.

• Sex Exploitation, or "sexploitation" films, are similar to soft-core pornography, in that the film serves largely as a vehicle for showing scenes involving nude women.

Directors associated with exploitation film include:

• Roger Corman
• Herschell Gordon Lewis
• Russ Meyer
• Mario van Peebles

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