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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Kids get creepy as we look at these fan suggestions from Tracey. First, Anthony Hopkins shows up with a creepy beard as he says a little girl with night terrors is his reincarnated daughter in AUDREY ROSE. Then, a young girl finds that what she draws comes alive in her dreams in PAPERHOUSE.
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