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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This week, we're rollerskating into fright as we welcome Viktor Kerney, acclaimed author of STRANGELORE and co-host of the popular MEGASheen Podcast! Among other things, Viktor discusses how his childhood love of spookiness led his peers to mistakenly believe he was a witch, why he feels there's a strong kinship between comic books and horror, and how an androgynous vampire in FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2 gave him a new perspective on what genre could be.
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