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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Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble! We're talking the A24 version of The Tragedy of Macbeth staring Denzil Washington, directed and produced by Joel Coen. It's a good one if you haven't seen it yet. But what will the Witches Movie Coven have to say? Join the Coven this week and find out with Richard-Lael Lillard, Heather Greene, Jason Mankey, Tabitha Meadows and Courtney Buckley. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes!
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