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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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My college roommate Kevin McCaffrey returns to the show! Broadcasting in from Singapore (!), Kevin brings with him a brand new project: his new punk band Best Laid Plan! We'll talk movies, video games, and comics, of course... but this episode is going to have a healthy heaping of music talk (especially punk) as we talk about the new Best Laid Plan EP that is currently up on streaming platforms now! And you know we'll be talking about the real life origins of the song 'Nobody Wears Shorts In Japan'!
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