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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The crew of Zone 4 returns for another session of Crisis Management as they discuss Heroes in Crisis #2 from DC Comics for Topic Time. SPOILERS!
But first, they go off on a tangent about video games, from Super Smash Brothers to Fornite.
Topic Time starts around the 33 minute mark.
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Music provided (with permission) by The Ray Wall Band and Society's Plague
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