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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This week on Multiverse, I'm joined by Anthony, co-host of the We Have Issues Podcast, as we go back to 1977 for everyone’s favorite teen heroes the Wonder Twins!! Not only were they honorary members of the Superfriends, they helped out the troubled youth of the 70s! We watch and talk the episode Hitchhike! Join us for such topics as saving your bus fare for the jukebox, heroes introduced in cartoons before comics, the teen trouble alert, Zan's powers being next to useless, and space monkeys!! All this and more as we talk "shape of...animation!" and "form of...cartoon!"
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