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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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After the assassination of the right-wing organizer and influencer Charlie Kirk, MAGA has fallen all over itself to turn him into a movement martyr. But this isn't the first time fascists have sought to canonize a flawed man and use his memory for their own dark purposes. Meet Horst Wessel, a slain Nazi brownshirt who Joseph Goebbels elevated to national sainthood and cynically crafted into a Party marketing campaign.
Chapters
1. Introduction to Charlie Kirk Discourse (00:00:00)
2. Kirk's Legacy of Bigotry and Lies (00:02:29)
3. The Myth of Good Faith Debate (00:06:04)
4. Introducing Horst Wessel: Nazi Martyr (00:10:13)
5. Kirk vs. Wessel: Parallels and Differences (00:16:01)
6. Crafting Martyrdom: Goebbels to MAGA (00:21:37)
7. Miller's Fascist Eulogy and Nazi Echoes (00:27:45)
8. Fighting Back: Resistance Through Action (00:34:42)
9. Credits and Closing (00:38:24)
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