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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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Dylan was joined in studio by programmer (at least until he grows up to be a greasy hacker) Shawn Nock to talk about 2015 international short film, Kung Fury. Among other topics, listen to us discuss -the validation of the fantasies of kids growing up in the 80s -the remythologizing of computers -the pitch-perfect tech nostalgia -the unfortunate misappropriation of Nazi symbols in pop culture -and even though we do not really get into it, you should still watch the music video from the original song True Survivor, which was quite frankly robbed at the Oscars this year
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