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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We're coming back to Roth-rock you once again! This time, it's the inscrutibly maddening Undefeatable, which did, in fact, defeat us.
Host segments: Hamster Style; yes - but what kind of Karate Guy?; part of the problem is that they're not good actors; Jeff teaches us how NOT to punch people in the back; constant soundtrack saturation; Hey - I Went There!; where else are we going to go, Annie?.
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Host segments: Hamster Style; yes - but what kind of Karate Guy?; part of the problem is that they're not good actors; Jeff teaches us how NOT to punch people in the back; constant soundtrack saturation; Hey - I Went There!; where else are we going to go, Annie?.
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We're coming back to Roth-rock you once again! This time, it's the inscrutibly maddening Undefeatable, which did, in fact, defeat us.
Host segments: Hamster Style; yes - but what kind of Karate Guy?; part of the problem is that they're not good actors; Jeff teaches us how NOT to punch people in the back; constant soundtrack saturation; Hey - I Went There!; where else are we going to go, Annie?.
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Host segments: Hamster Style; yes - but what kind of Karate Guy?; part of the problem is that they're not good actors; Jeff teaches us how NOT to punch people in the back; constant soundtrack saturation; Hey - I Went There!; where else are we going to go, Annie?.
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