Dug up from the vault and mixed into a 60+ minute Classic Soul and Jazz extravaganza. The Shaft franchise consists of five action-crime feature films and seven television films, centered on a family of African-American police detectives who all share the name John Shaft. ‘Shaft - The Movie’ was released in 1971. The Shaft soundtrack “Shaft” is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' as the soundtrack for the eponymous film release.