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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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Jordan and Brooke crank up the suspense with filmmaker & critic Drew Gregory (Autostraddle) for one of most iconic movies ever. Period. Also - not a necessarily great legacy! We'll unpack the blocking and pacing of legendary Hitchcock kills, Anthony Perkins' complicated life and career, betting big on horror, and how artists like Drew are flipping the script on "good" representation of characters like Norman Bates.
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