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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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Holy How Have You Not Seen! This is a movie podcast where some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!
On this week's episode of the podcast, Carson introduces Caroline to a childhood favorite of his; the colorful and campy 'Batman' (the old one, with Adam West, you know which one we're talking about). Do Carson's fond memories of this movie hold up? Find out this week on HHYNS; SAME POD TIME, SAME POD CHANNEL!
This week's important questions;
Just how depressing is the modern film landscape's big-budget superhero movie saturation?
Why is this movie so gosh darn horny?
The noble shark! Friend or Foe?
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Will any of us ever feel true joy ever again?
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