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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Exclusive Interview w/ KNITWIT, Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer for Empire seasons 1,2,3,4,5. ChartOneMusic/ThugFace Records. Keep up with what he has going on by following him on Instagram. He has had #1 album in the nation on the Billboard 200 Chart before, and KNITWIT has also collaborated and toured w/some of music’s “A” list artists including the legendary Natalie Cole, Grammy Award Winner, Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs n Harmony, multi-platinum producer Tony C., and Snoop Dogg, to name a few. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anew-podcast/support
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Exclusive Interview w/ KNITWIT, Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer for Empire seasons 1,2,3,4,5. ChartOneMusic/ThugFace Records. Keep up with what he has going on by following him on Instagram. He has had #1 album in the nation on the Billboard 200 Chart before, and KNITWIT has also collaborated and toured w/some of music’s “A” list artists including the legendary Natalie Cole, Grammy Award Winner, Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs n Harmony, multi-platinum producer Tony C., and Snoop Dogg, to name a few. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anew-podcast/support
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