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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EPISODE 103 – Ralph and Jorge finally watched the 2004 Godzilla slugfest! It’s Godzilla vs almost every Toho monster known to man, but the film also includes mutants and spaceships and a whole lot of people fighting and talking. 11.23.2020
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