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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Hello and happy Black History Month! This week we’re talking about the incredible television event that is Entergalactic from Kid Cudi. The Netflix special is also the artist’s 10th studio album and centres around an ambitious artist named Jabari who attempts to balance success and love when he falls in love with his next door neighbour. In this episode we cover our love of the special itself, Tolani’s hate of animation (although she loved this), our thoughts on exes and our take on soft/hard launching your partner.
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