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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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Oscar and Carl discuss Green Lantern, asking questions such as: How do you make a film where the lead character fears nothing? How far away is the Corps from Earth? Did they overdo it with Peter Sarsgaard’s head? And is it really Peter who has Taylor Swift’s red scarf? All this, along with the ultimate question: Who would watch this?
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