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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To celebrate the release of VIOLENT ENDS, I talk with director John-Michael Powell about the punk rock, revenge genre music of his debut feature.
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Lucas is an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence in this southern revenge thriller of star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the Ozark Mountains.
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