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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Blast From the Past Month; starts with childhood cartoons from the early 2000s, Ben 10 from Ben 10 Alien Force versus The Avatar himself, Aang The Last Airbender. Can Ben's alien library overwhelm Aang or is the Avatar state that much more powerful?
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