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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 King of the Monsters stomps through the TGMEM offices this week. David finally gets the chance to nerd out about Godzilla on mic and introduce Justus to the original Japanese classic that birthed the kaiju genre. History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man, but will it show if Godzilla is The Greatest Movie Ever Made?
Godzilla (1954) is directed by Ishirō Honda and stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, and Fuyuki Murakami
Music: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
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