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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Join Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada, The Young Victoria), Amr Waked (Syriana), Academy Award®–winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours), Academy Award®-nominated Producer Paul Webster (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) as they discuss their new film. Based on the best selling novel by Paul Torday, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a romantic, contemporary fable set amidst a fishing-obsessed Sheikh's attempts to introduce salmon into Yemen.
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