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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Recapping Part 2 of Black Rabbit
The girls are back for another intense episode and it's a good thing they had started off the day with a good breakfast and some grinding their coffee beans. They take you through the back half of the limited series, Black Rabbit, and they have HOT THOUGHTS. They also chat about their favorite thing for breakfast, whether or not they would take cash to disappear in Mexico, and how many people in their family can they recognize by their eyes. It might have been a limited episode but they had unlimited adoration for the acting in this show.
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