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 the last episode before the amazing Degrassi Takes Manhattan movie, we get to watch a terrible musical with zero plot. Also I become Holly J & Declan's biggest fans - which I cannot say about any Degrassi couple in the past. Chantay demonstrates that COVID has not hit Degrassi yet when she drinks from what she thinks is Peter's water bottle. Tune in for trivia and tidbits!
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