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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Plastic discs spinning around, sound is weird in so many ways, red-titted warbler nut, Adam gets his “Ubi”s confused, Paramount minus, pencils, pens, and watercolors, Dharma talks, gotta keep the lights on, and so many flavors of winks.
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