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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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A psychologist meets with a man on Death Row, who is about to be executed in two hours, to learn why he killed his wife. Instead, he becomes caught up in the fascination of why this man committed murder to the point where he himself is faced with those same inner demons. Commentary on the inner demons in all of us and what we would do if there were no repercussions. Boris Karloff stars.
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