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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Just Wright is a 2010 Sports Romantic Comedy directed by Sanaa Hamri. This is the story of Leslie Wright played by Queen Latifah. Leslie is a New Jersey Nets SUPER FAN and she attends a lot of their games with her best friend Morgan played by Paula Patton. Morgan has dreams and aspirations of dating an NBA player, that is her full focus… trying to get into parties with players, meet players, see the players, well it turns out Leslie meets the star player of the Nets Scott McKnight played by Common at a gas station and he invites her to his birthday party. Leslie brings Morgan in tow and that is more or less our lead in for Just Wright.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Just Wright is a 2010 Sports Romantic Comedy directed by Sanaa Hamri. This is the story of Leslie Wright played by Queen Latifah. Leslie is a New Jersey Nets SUPER FAN and she attends a lot of their games with her best friend Morgan played by Paula Patton. Morgan has dreams and aspirations of dating an NBA player, that is her full focus… trying to get into parties with players, meet players, see the players, well it turns out Leslie meets the star player of the Nets Scott McKnight played by Common at a gas station and he invites her to his birthday party. Leslie brings Morgan in tow and that is more or less our lead in for Just Wright.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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