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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This episode contains a lot of spoilers and a lot of tears.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:42 The Journey of a Personal Assistant
05:32 Exploring 28 Years Later
11:21 Grief and Personal Loss
17:41 Death and Acknowledgment in Society
24:47 Art as a Medium for Processing Grief
28:33 Reflections on the Movie's Ending
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