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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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Special 90-minute Thursday episode of the program all about TV. Our guests: Ian Weir, execurive producer-showrunner of Murder In A Small Town, beginning its second season on Fox next week, and Alan Powell, executive producer-showrunner of A Week Away: The Series, Angel Studios' new scripted musical series. Plus a salute to the TV career of Robert Redford, who passed away earlier this week.
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