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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Seems like there’s a lot that’s going to be on our mind in the week(s) to come, so we figured we’d open up the voicemail bag and air some of those that we’ve been holding onto for a while. Figuring everyone might want to talk about something else in the near future. Don’t worry, we’ll have all the Ghostbusters Afterlife trailer coverage you can handle in the days to come. Stay tuned to the Crossrip social feeds for more!
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