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 is it Divers, the final episode of the Sword and Sorcery series, and the final episode of NDDDtM! This episode N&D are Deep Diving Ron Howard's 1988 Swashbuckling Fairy Tale Adventure, Willow. As well as announcing the next podcasting endeavors.
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