TIL that Django from Django Unchained was written as an ancestor of the blaxploitation character Shaft

https://deadline.com/2012/07/django-unchained-a-shaft-prequel-so-says-quentin-tarantino-comic-con-301010/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15mcuvh/til_that_django_from_django_unchained_was_written/