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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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So...there were some challenges with this one. We do apologize for the slow release pace, but in this case the audio required a lot of work to tune up. We're talking Best Picture for the 47th Academy Awards (films from 1974). SPOILERS abound, as always.
00:00 Intro
00:57 A good year?
03:21 The Conversation
12:25 Gene Hackman interlude
13:35 (Yes, yes; we were thinking of A Few Good Men)
18:14 The Godfather Part II
34:53 Chinatown
48:53 Lenny
55:07 The Towering Inferno
1:02:34 Digression about film rights and availability of old films
1:08:00 Quick review of other notable films from 1974
1:12:40 Our picks for Best Picture
1:14:13 (We are moving ahead a decade)
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