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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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Wrapping up off our HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN triple feature, we’re lighting the black flame candle on hallowed ground to meet the Sanderson Sisters in Kenny Ortega’s HOCUS POCUS, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Thora Birch, and Doug Jones.
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