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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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One other thing goes along with the end of October other than Halloween. That thing is the World Series which is baseball. Baseball and movies have a history. Speaking of history, during World War II, the women’s baseball league started. And those women were in A League of Their Own, so let’s ask if that movie holds up!
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