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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, our potentially final episode: It’s a nonsense free-for-all with questions like: What is up with Villamax’s heel-face turn? How did they get to Mirinoi and why isn’t all stone? How did Kendrix come back? Did anyone explain to her boss where she’s been for 6 months? Why/how did Trakeena fuse with what’s-his-face? How can Stanton live with himself taking credit for a coincidence? Do prophecies normally leave that much interpretive wiggle room? ALSO: We get off topic and talk comics for a little while, but we eventually tie it all together, which is something even Power Rangers couldn’t manage.
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