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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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And finally we come to the episode that, for some reason, Dave has been looking forward to. We finally watch THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON!
Your hosts talk about all manner of things. Included here are deciding when to have sex with Brad Pitt, how good-looking Brad Pitt is, Fincher’s willingness to cast unexpected people as tattooed artists, and our own age and regret.
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