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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Next-to-last November 2025 episode of the program all about TV, and second episode of TWBT's annual Thanksgiving Week tripleheader. Our guests: A Man On The Inside co-star Lilah Richcreek Estrada; TV Of Tomorrow Show organizer Tracy Swedlow, and Zac Moncrief and Jonn Colton Barry, executive producer/writers of A Chuck E. Cheese Christmas, premiering Thanksgiving Day on Prime Video and YouTube.
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