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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Hi, I'm Taku Mbudzi and I love to tell stories — give me a pen, a microphone or a camera and I’ll have something to share. Two Words with Taku is a podcast and pit stop for writers and storytellers — a place for rest, encouragement, inspiration and fuel before you head back out to the work of writing. ____ Podcast produced and recorded on the traditional country of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, Australia.
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