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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RMR 0302: Special Guest, Musician, Emily E. Finke, joins your hosts, Lizzy Haynes and Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Camille (1936) [PG]
Genre: Romance, Drama, Tragedy
Starring: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, Lenore Ulric, Laura Hope Crews, Rex O'Malley
Directed by: George Cukor
Recorded on 2025-01-14
324 episodes