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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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Skip to minute 4 if you don’t want to hear a story about Ken getting a burrito bowl. This week’s episode we discuss a beautiful miss mash of tv and movies. Ken watched John Carpenter’s They Live. Kendra hit the nail on the head when she called Ken insufferable.
Kendra explains the best part of Euphoria (pretty much Zendaya). She also saw Railway Children a 2000 Masterpiece Classic about kids who hang out near the railway because of treason. She liked it so much she immediately changed the subject and talked about a Netflix trailer.
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