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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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) return with screenwriter RICHARD JEFFERIES (The Vagrant, Cold Creek Manor) to discuss the first attempt to adapt SEGA's beloved character SONIC THE HEDGEHOG for the big screen, plus Jefferies' almost-was SILVER SURFER movie, Mel Brooks, and more!
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