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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Welcome Travelers, to the place between light and shadow, science and superstition... The Fifth Dimension. In this uncanny space, our denizens decode the themes, lessons, and cultural impact of The Twilight Zone - Jordan Peele's revival, Rod Serling's immortal classic, and ever other stop along this peculiar highway. Join us as we sojourn through the different, the bizarre, the inexplicable - the limitless terrain of the mind itself.
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