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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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Singin' In The Rain
Doop de doop doop... you know the song. Hello and welocme to this months edition in which Meds and Kell waffle on about this wonderful film featuring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor. Filmed in brilliant Technicolour it truley is a Hollywood Classic.
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