Cape coat worn by Max Julien in The Mack
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cape coat worn by Max Julien in The Mack

June · 1973

leather and snakeskin
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

This cape coat was worn by Max Julien in the 1973 film The Mack. The Mack was directed by Michael Campus and tells the story of a pimp, Goldie Mickens, who grows an underworld empire in Oakland, California. One of the most influential films of the blaxploitation era, the film starred Julien as Goldie Mickens and Richard Pryor as Slim.

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