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 this episode, the guys talk through the movie Warriors of Virtue. Do you like kangaroos, martial arts, floating dogs, weird sewers, Scottish madmen, random humanoid animals, China's idea of American football, and the 90s? Well, have we got a show for you!
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