The actor who played Shaft is dead at age 81. *Shaft = 81

Notice the overlap with ‘race’ and ‘Shaft.’

We call 81 the ritual number. And we know they do many rituals, murderous, and to divide, by the same old code, over and over.

He died 107 days after his birthday *Ritual Sacrifice=107

The film released on July 2, or 2/7. *Shaft=27

His name also connects with the character.
Richard Roundtree = 251 (54th prime)
Shaft=54

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-roundtree-dies-age-81-shaft/