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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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Geoff, Mike, and Derrick discuss Minority Report (2002), a science fiction thriller set in the year 2054, where the District of Columbia is trying out a specialized police department known as "PreCrime" using three "Precogs" to predict and prevent murders (and only murders) before they occur. We discuss the concerns with preemptive punishment, including issues involving constitutional law and criminal law, and also discuss privacy rights, hearsay, Fourth Amendment issues, and more.
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