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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Jordan and Brooke take a trip across the pond (and around the globe) with filmmaker Patrick Willems for the world of BOND! How kinky was the infamous torture scene supposed to be? How has Bond's masculinity shaped decades of culture? Why was everyone so mad about Daniel Craig being blonde? What will the future of "Amazon Bond" hold? And why can't we record a normal length episode?!
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