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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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For this first edition of Movie Podcast Now Classics, we're revisiting an early episode wherein we talk about the 1987 arm wrestling "classic": OVER THE TOP. Sylvester Stallone plays a dumb tow truck driver who arm wrestles for his son's custody? Weird. Check it out and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon.com/PMTM
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