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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Can the story of a film's creation transcend the actual plot of the movie? In case the of 1996's The Island of Doctor Moreau and the documentary about its making, that appears to have happened. Join Juliet and Theresa in a tribute to the late Val Kilmer (and the Pope?!) as they talk about this movie's good bones and why the 90s were a great time for cinematic science
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