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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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In this episode: We were supposed to have a Guest Ranger (sorry Where Fears and Lies Melt Away), but schedules got all out of whack while Andrew was in Arizona. Andrew is recording in AZ with no mic and uses the hotel wifi to look up Superman porn, we try to figure out the Has-Been Rangers’ ·special mission·, and Kendrix ascends into her Spiritual Form.
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