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 week we take the show on the road and head to see our good pal Stephen Graham. As we perch around his dining room table it’s fine dining on the menu and boy does Stephen tuck in!
We talk Food, The effect reality TV has on us all and we get to play a traditional Graham family game.
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