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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Ken talks about Ad Astra with Brad Pitt which he has seen two times. Ken’s opinion is somewhat complicated but is pretty much that he liked it.
Kendra discusses Netflix’s Tall Girl, which is a real rollercoaster with so many questionable decisions which she outlines for Ken like only a true friend can.
And the degrees of separation to Peri! Steve Zahn is the dad in Tall Girl. He was also in Stuart Little with Nathan Lane, who played a THIEF in an episode of Frasier. We love it all!
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