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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11: American Gangster, Part 1
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Dave and Joanna talk about this fast-paced but very long film with so many cameos but maybe too many characters. Denzel gives a stellar performance as real-life gangster Frank Louis, but how much is real is up for debate . . . after all, gangsters aren’t known for being entirely truthful.
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Truth vs Hollywood’s theme is “Temples” by Six Umbrellas. Music in this episode is “Distilled” by Nctrnm; “Passages” by Kai Engel; and “I Bet You Wonder Why” by Lee Rosevere.
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Dave and Joanna talk about this fast-paced but very long film with so many cameos but maybe too many characters. Denzel gives a stellar performance as real-life gangster Frank Louis, but how much is real is up for debate . . . after all, gangsters aren’t known for being entirely truthful.
This episode is sponsored by:
Truth vs Hollywood’s theme is “Temples” by Six Umbrellas. Music in this episode is “Distilled” by Nctrnm; “Passages” by Kai Engel; and “I Bet You Wonder Why” by Lee Rosevere.
Sound effects from freesound.org by qubodup. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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