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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This episode is brought to you by monologues, disappointment, and supernatural whatevers. Plus, Carolyn and Vanessa ask each other about their first internet screen names and imagine their lives as elderly X-Philes who will never stop shipping.
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This episode is brought to you by monologues, disappointment, and supernatural whatevers. Plus, Carolyn and Vanessa ask each other about their first internet screen names and imagine their lives as elderly X-Philes who will never stop shipping.
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Want our social media? It's all at http://linktr.ee/notanotherxfpod We also now have merch and are adding more designs soon! You can also support our little show on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/notanotherxfpod
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