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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 October 10, 1984, a fire raged through an Ole's Home Center in South Pasadena, California. Sparked from a homemade delay device, the blaze quickly destroyed the building and killed four people trapped inside. For the next seven years, LA would see an unusually high number of arson fires until the shocking arrest of John Orr.
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