2012, The Spook Who Sat By the Door was named by the Library of Congress as among the 25 additions of that year to the National Film Registry, which is "a compendium of motion pictures that captures the breadth of American culture, history and social fabric, with the aim of preserving these fragile films for future generations". See also List of American films of 1973 List of blaxploitation films The Spook Who Sat by the Door (novel) List of hood films References Further reading Joiner, Lottie L. "After 30 years, a Controversial Film Re-Emerges". The Crisis, November/December 2003: 41. Martin, Michael T., David C. Wall and Marilyn Yaquinto (eds), Race and the Revolutionary Impulse in The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Studies in the Cinema of the Black Diaspora). Indiana University Press, 2018, . Peavy, Charles D. "Four Black Revolutionary Novels, 1899-1970". Journal of Black Studies 1 (December 1970): 219–223. Sarah Jane, "Overlooked & Underseen: The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)", Talk Film Society. External links Michael T. Martin & David C. Wall, "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" (film essay), at National Film Registry "The Spook Who Sat By the Door" video. "Spook Who Sat By The Door, The (1973)", Soundtrack Collector. Sam Greenlee interview at Assata Shakur Forums. Tambay A. Obenson, "Watch 45-Minute A-to-Z Sam Greenlee Interview on 'The Spook Who Sat By the Door, Shadow and Act, April 20, 2015. Melvin T. Peters, "Sam Greenlee and the Revolutionary Tradition in African American Literature in the 19th-21st Centuries". Delivered at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Liberation Film Series, March 14, 2015. "The Spook Who Sat By the Door" at Mubi Ann Hornaday, "The 34 best political movies ever made", The Washington Post, January 23, 2020, ranked #32. 1970s American films 1970s English-language films 1970s spy films 1973 films African-American films American spy films Blaxploitation films Films about race and ethnicity Films about the Central Intelligence Agency Films based on American novels Films based on thriller novels Films scored by Herbie Hancock Films set in Chicago Films set in the 1970s Films shot in Chicago Films shot in Indiana United States National Film Registry films