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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Join Steve and Ryan as they discuss the episodes of The Late Late Show for the weeks of Oct 3 and Oct 10, 2011. Highlights include: Sid, Nobel Prize, dark energy, Kim Jong Il, Betty White, Geoff Peterson, Secretariat, Steven Wright, Jim Parsons, Lilly Tomlin, I Call Bullcrap, and tootsie-frootsie ratings.
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