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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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Hey! Welcome back to our dumb show. TONIGHT, the movies are back. Television is back. We're back but we're also always here so that's not as important. But we watched Frankenstein and we have thoughts. We watched Predator Badlands and we have thoughts. We watched Pluribus and more than anything we're glad to have Vince Gilligan soundbites again. We're gonna have a fun one tonight.
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