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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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Garth Jennings is a British writer, director, producer, actor, artist and author. Garth began his directing career in music videos, followed by the feature films, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Son of Rambow. He moved on to writing and directing Animation with 2016's Sing, and now Sing 2, opening December 22nd. He's the author and artist of several children's books, and recently had an exhibition of fine art prints at the Idem gallery in Paris.
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