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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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We wend our way through some Greek myths and legends, realising as we go that Chloe half-remembers all these things from childhood with less of the politics and also there are a lot of words and names we've read but never tried to stay out loud. We cover Circe by Madeline Miller, Troy, Fall of a City currently showing the BBC and, as Sarah puts it, "Eric Bana's Troy".
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