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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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0:00 Segment 1 Lizzi Middleman & Benjamin Wilgus from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books talk about the fun of these books and what they are doing with the company now in 2025. They talk about putting out tarot cards, board games, whether to update the books, and their posts on Threads
25:24 Segment 2 John Rhys-Davies talks about Planet Comic-Con, Lord of the Rings, and writing his autobiography
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40:00 Segment 3 John Rhys-Davies talks about the show Sliders, rebooting Sliders, who has the rights to Sliders, and playing Kingpin in “The Trial of Incredible Hulk”
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