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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Wall or Bridge, Kendra will walk through anything for Fleabag Season 2. Ken and Kendra come back with gusto and discuss briefly Big Little Lies, Always Be My Maybe, and Godzilla for 30 second before Kendra cuts Ken off. Then we get to the main event. Talking about Fleabag season 2. Kendra and Ken create Mount Gilpin, which is better than Rushmore and will be on our Instagram.
And our connection to Peri Gilpin. Phoebe Waller-Bridge was the creator of Killing Eve which starred Sandra Oh. Peri Gilpin was in a 2011 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, which of course starred Sandra Oh.
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