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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Model David Gandy has said there isn't enough examples of "good men" in a world where social media helps feed the "immature" and "wrong" ideas of people like Andrew Tate when it comes to masculinity. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, David discusses his involvement in a report which looks into the representations of men in modern media and how there's been "something wrong for many years." He adds that in his own opinion, unregulated social media has a part to play promoting people like controversial influencer Andrew Tate's "immature" and "disruptive" idea of masculinity. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Masculinity #DavidGandy #BBCNews
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