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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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Simon J Green is a Melbourne writer telling stories steeped in the joy of genre. Working in science fiction, horror and comedy, he uses tropes of the fantastic to blow up our social anxieties. Living with cystic fibrosis, Simon is driven by telling dangerously fun stories readers love.
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