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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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This week for Movie Podcast Classics! we're going all the way back to our January 2021 episode covering ARRIVAL (2016). An immediate classic, Arrival is about a bunch of nerds who learn how to speak with squid monsters from Outer Space. Joining us is Alejandro Espinoza.
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