Coffy (Jack Hill, 1973)

Of all the heroes of cinema I would pick up her. Coffy. She is the embodiment of power and eroticism. If the Dude in The Big Lebowski is the sign of truth and free from guilt persona, then Coffy is the absolute proof that there are women in this world that you don't fuck with. There are women in this world that hold the feminist flag high up. Coffy is what cinema needed. It needed a female vigilante who will clean up the streets and put things in order. Coffy is the character for whom you would be a sucker for her love. One of the ultimate fantasies for men, Coffy sits on her throne as one of the female characters who seduced the audience and made it to win the hearts of people as being brave, full of guts and truthful to herself till the bitter end. The power of women that derives from this blaxploitation movie, the power of women who are not afraid to deal with the dirt of this world, the power of women who do not carry hang-ups concerning their sexuality, the power of women who are here to make us all love the female existence from the beginning once again. Coffy is a symbol. A character that exceeds the movie and it stands alone as one of the people who are here to teach us. Teach us that women can be full of vigour, women can be bold, women can be powerful, women can be fragile but underneath that thing there is a roaring volcano living and breathing. It's without a doubt that there is no man who can resist the beauty of Coffy. There is no man who wouldn't fall for her charm. There is no man who wouldn't give up everything to be in her world. There is no man who can say "No" to that woman.

Coffy is eternal. There will be people 300 years from now who they would watch that movie and fall in love with Pam Grier. And she is eternal because there is nothing that can spoil her incredible charm. There is nothing on that woman that is playing like a false note. She is perfect. She is the embodiment of perfection and she knows that. She is the woman who people will turn into Goddess and worship her. She is another type of Greek ancient Goddess. She has the body of Venus and the mind of Athena. She is the ultimate sin. She is the woman who is here to teach us about woman's power. About that power that for so many treacherous years the men had suppressed. And she is coming to show us. She is coming as an urban vigilante to teach us that women die hard, if never. Coffy is an idol, Coffy is the purest form of woman, Coffy is the woman who came here to make things right and to put them in order again. And we sit back and enjoy it till the very last minute.