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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Movie expert and historian Johnny Pomatto joins to me to discuss why one of the funniest movies of all time never became a big hit. We're talking about Kurt Russell's 1980 masterpiece, Used Cars.
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155 episodes
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Movie expert and historian Johnny Pomatto joins to me to discuss why one of the funniest movies of all time never became a big hit. We're talking about Kurt Russell's 1980 masterpiece, Used Cars.
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