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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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Darren Stein - writer and director of Jawbreaker, Sparkler, and Put the Camera on Me - joins me to talk about Peter Bogdanovich's 1985 tearjerker Mask*. Cher, Eric Stoltz, Laura Dern, and Sam Elliott star in the biopic about Rocky Dennis, a teenager with a big ole face.
*Not to be confused with THE Mask starring Jim Carrey.
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