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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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The out-of-this-world Ron Howard classic, Apollo 13, has just turned 30 years old. We brought back to the pod a close friend and super NASA nerd, Pat Nelson, to break this film down. We’ve never seen him so excited to talk about anything. It was really fun getting his perspective on this film and you might just learn something from this episode :)
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