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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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Composer and musician Juliet Merchant joins host Ally Pitts to discuss some of the silent films she has written scores for.
At the time of recording, six of the films Juliet has composed scores for are available on the streaming service Klassiki, which is available in the UK, the US, and the Republic of Ireland.
Here’s a link to a 30-day free trial: https://klassiki.online/arussiansovietmoviepodcast/
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The films are:
Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Lev Kuleshov; 1924)
Girl with the Hatbox (Boris Barnet; 1927)
House on a Volcano (Hamo Bek-Nazaryan; 1929)
Love's Berries (Oleksandr Dovzhenko; 1926)
A Life for a Life (Yevgeny Bauer; 1916)
Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:
The Golden Silent Films podcast
HippCast: The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival podcast
Ally Pitts on The Top 100 podcast with Tim Coleman: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov; 1929)
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