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 this special episode, I chat with filmmaker Michael Husain, whose documentary The Waiting Game had its world premiere to a sold out audience and won the Indiana Spotlight Documentary Audience Choice Award at this year's Heartland Film Festival.
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