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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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It is Shen Yun season here in the NYC metro, friends. The billboards, the ads, the flyers in the mail.... But what IS Shen Yun? The answer may surprise you. In fact, yeah, safe to say it's gonna surprise you.
Stuff we referenced:
- What is Falun Gong?
- Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
- How a Persecuted Religious Group Grew Into a Global Movement
- Interview with Li Hongzhi
- Report: China still harvesting organs from prisoners at a massive scale
- The Religious Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
- Critics and followers of Falun Gong / Adherents find fulfillment, but detractors call movement a cult
- Is Falun Gong a Cult?
- Behind the Pageantry of Shen Yun, Untreated Injuries and Emotional Abuse
- Lawsuit alleges that young dancers for Shen Yun Performing Arts have faced abuse
- The power of Falun Gong
- The ABC is right: Falun Gong has some dangerous teachings
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