Black Caesar
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Black Caesar is a 1973 blaxploitation crime film about a Harlem gangster’s rise and fall, directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black Caesar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8346314 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Black Caesar Context triple: [Fred Williamson, notableWork, Black Caesar]
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A.
Harlem Gang Leader
"Harlem Gang Leader" is a renowned 1948 photo-essay by Gordon Parks that intimately documents the life of a young gang leader in Harlem, highlighting the social conditions and struggles of urban Black youth in mid-20th-century America.
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B.
Godfather of Harlem
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series that chronicles the life of infamous mob boss Bumpy Johnson as he navigates the criminal underworld and civil rights era tensions in 1960s New York City.
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C.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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D.
Harlem Shuffle
"Harlem Shuffle" is a rhythm and blues song popularized by the Rolling Stones’ 1986 cover, known for its horn-driven arrangement and danceable groove.
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E.
The Harlem Ghetto
"The Harlem Ghetto" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines the social, economic, and racial conditions of Black life in Harlem in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Caesar Target entity description: Black Caesar is a 1973 blaxploitation crime film about a Harlem gangster’s rise and fall, directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson.
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A.
Harlem Gang Leader
"Harlem Gang Leader" is a renowned 1948 photo-essay by Gordon Parks that intimately documents the life of a young gang leader in Harlem, highlighting the social conditions and struggles of urban Black youth in mid-20th-century America.
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B.
Godfather of Harlem
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series that chronicles the life of infamous mob boss Bumpy Johnson as he navigates the criminal underworld and civil rights era tensions in 1960s New York City.
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C.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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D.
Harlem Shuffle
"Harlem Shuffle" is a rhythm and blues song popularized by the Rolling Stones’ 1986 cover, known for its horn-driven arrangement and danceable groove.
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E.
The Harlem Ghetto
"The Harlem Ghetto" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines the social, economic, and racial conditions of Black life in Harlem in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blaxploitation film
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film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James A. Contner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Larry Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Peter Honess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Rudy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tommy Gibbs’s father NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| followedBy | Hell Up in Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blaxploitation
ⓘ
crime ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSoundtrackAlbum | Black Caesar (soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ race and power in urban America ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Fred Williamson as Tommy Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tommy Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early blaxploitation gangster film set in Harlem ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film follows Harlem gangster Tommy Gibbs’s rise to power and eventual fall. ⓘ |
| portrays | the rise of a Black gangster in Harlem ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Larco Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEra | New Hollywood era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| scoreComposer | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequel | Hell Up in Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundtrackPerformedBy | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
D’Urville Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fred Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Hendry NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| title | Black Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Larry Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Caesar Description of subject: Black Caesar is a 1973 blaxploitation crime film about a Harlem gangster’s rise and fall, directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson.
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