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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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On this week's episode, pal to the Multiverse Brian returns as we travel to 1966 for the New Adventures of Superman episode "Superman Meets Brainiac!" Not only is it the first time the Man of Steel appears in television animation but the launch of the legendary Filmation studio!! Join us as we talk such topics as is Superman the greatest hero of all time, comic creator royalties, Lois Lane doing a whole lotta narrating, and Brainiac needs a pair of pants!!! All this and more as we talk Truth, Justice and the Cartoon Way!
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