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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We're getting close to Halloween, so what better time to break down and discuss how one of the best Green Lantern stories of our modern times brings all the ghosts and ghouls back from the dead. 10 years ago, we got the Blackest Night story that helped shaped the modern DC Universe.
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