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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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It’s a short, slow week and we are very slow hosts this episodes. We’re fresh off of our annual 24-Hour Extra-Life Charity event and it shows but we press on and give our reviews and breakdowns of the only two episodes to air this week, that being the newest episodes of Batwoman and Supergirl. We … Continue reading "Issue #195 – Talk About Low Energy!"
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