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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’s another exciting new episode as we’re talking the 2nd oldest cartoon we’ve ever discussed with everyone’s favorite flying rodent! My pal Jose stopped by the Multiverse for his first time as we go back to the 1947 Mighty Mouse cartoon, "Fight to the Finish!" Witness Mighty Mouse battle his arch nemesis Oil Can Harry for the love of Pearl Pureheart!! Such topics come up like Mighty Mouse's secret identity, a whole lotta singing, what courting apparently was like back then, the glory days of violent cartoons and Jose learns there's a Lord of the Rings cartoon!!! All this and more as we have a Fight to the Finish…in cartoon form!
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