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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Another John Hughes film comes to the club. It's "Sixteen Candles" and Comic & Podcaster Steve Cooper is here to discuss it all with Host & Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is Hughes still somehow underrated?
Who else might have played Sam & Jake?
Is this every teen girl's dream?
Were a lot of Jake's born after this?
Is it cringey today?
Is it racist?
Would it have been better in black & white?
All these questions and more are answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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