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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Do you love discussing movies with others who share the same passion? Do you love coming up with movie ideas? Do you love having shouting matches with friends about how they're idiots? Then Sequel Pitch might just be for you! Doing its best to replicate that feeling of having a drink with your friends after you've just watched a movie, this is the podcast where Film fanatic friends, and sometimes special guests, watch and review movies that don‘t have sequels (yet), then have a competition pitching their ideas for sequels and arguing whose should win!
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