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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In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Jonny Dixon aka Mooey Humphries. Jonny tells us how he attended a Drama Club with a fellow Grange Hill actor years before they were in Grange Hill; how he has made the transition from on-screen work to off-screen work and how he hopes Mooey has turned his life around since being excluded from Grange Hill!
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