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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😨 CJ&B give us the full lowdown on the films they’ve been watching this week, including a film so creepy that Colson had a nightmare and Ben had to leave the lights on afterwards.
We also find out what the actors are *actually* getting up to when they’re milling about in the pub during a scene in The Rovers.
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