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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David and David are back reviewing and this week David Edwards gets his teeth into the new The Running Man and then he takes a look at the randomly chosen movie, Blow Up. There are sweeties obviously.
And a lovely welcome back to the robot, Graham Saunders.
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