In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Filmmaker Brendan Bubion, a Digital Video producer at KCET, has a passion for telling stories in local communities that often go untold or unseen. He discusses how to make impactful short documentaries, citing his own films, “Growing Up Behind Barbed Wire,” about the experience of two Japanese-American girls who were forced to live in incarceration camps during WWII and “Con Su Pluma en Su Mano,” about the life and work of LA Times journalist Gustavo Arellano.
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