That's a big disappointment, especially since the DVD is also not enhanced for widescreen television. I'm pretty sure more people remember the theme song from Shaft than remember Shaft the movie. This Shaft character is actually a bit of a jerk. Actually, this one I can understand. This is vintage seventies.
Shaft is a private detective in Harlem.
Vic Androzzi is one of his contacts in the police department. Something's going down in Harlem and Vic wants to know what it is before the bodies start piling up. Shaft has no idea at all, but he isn't going to tell Vic that. Vic clearly considers Shaft a close friend, but Shaft holds his own feelings close to the bone. Ben Buford is a leader in the revolution, and Shaft couldn't care less one way or the other about that shit.