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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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Jeremy is joined by Anthony Malone to discuss the weighty issues that surround Tim Burton's 1996 sci-fi disaster movie parody Mars Attacks!, boasting an all-star cast led by Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan and Natalie Portman. Their detailed conflab covers such pressing concerns as Martians on the razz, Edward D Wood Jr, Richard Nixon, military deference, disposable culture, ignorant tourists and getting trolled by the Horror Channel.
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