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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Strangers in Good Company is my favourite Canadian film (full disclosure, I haven't seen the unauthorized Céline Dion biopic yet...so, that could change). I'm joined by actor, comedian, and fellow Stranger-head John Early (Search Party, I Think You Should Leave, and an IMDb STARmeter score of 13,959) to laugh and cry together about this fabulous gang of eight women who get stranded in the middle of nowhere in Québec.
Watch the movie in Canada for FREE on the NFB YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKGw1wCWP1g
Watch the movie on Amazon Prime in America here: https://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Good-Company-Alice-Diabo/dp/B002YV5LMU
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