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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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In 2021, the world went into lockdown. Some of us chose to work from home, some started making sourdough bread, and some decided to take the 1953 absurdist classic "Waiting For Godot" and turn it into a zoom production starting two of the greatest actors that have ever lived.
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