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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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This week, we continue our look at actors turned directors with one of the most famous romantic couples in Hollywood history. We open with Anjelica Huston's award winning film, BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA. The subject matter makes at least one of our host's extremely uncomfortable and we discuss how the director might be responsible for that. Then, we move to a colossal failure of a sequel in Jack Nicholson's THE TWO JAKES. Can we find something good about the understandably reviled sequel to CHINATOWN? Find out here!
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