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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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Did this movie predict Trump back in 1957? We discuss the film debut of Andy Griffith in a role so dark, anyone who knows the Andy Griffith show might experience some uncomfortable dissonance.
Some goodies that came up in our conversation:
- The dance of joy from "Perfect Strangers"
- This essay about the film on the Criterion website
- Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in a great scene from Broadcast News
- The 'ten-word-answer' scene from The West Wing
What did you think of the film, on a scale of 1–10 grains of inert matter? Let us know!
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