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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95A A Day in the Life of a Classroom/95B Big Bob's Crisis
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“A Day in the Life of a Classroom” questions the definition of “perfect” at P.S. 118 when a documentary crew wants to capture an exemplary day in Mr. Simmons’s classroom! Mr. Simmons takes it a little too literally – think cinéma vérité with less of the vérité. Big Bob tries a little too hard to change his ways after a close call with a gas attack(?) in “Big Bob’s Crisis.” But is selling your earthly possessions and moving your entire family to an Oregon commune better than just going to therapy and listening to your children? The answer may shock you! If you like Stoop Kidz!, tell a friend about our show and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell them they can also find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/stoopkidzpod and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/stoopkidzpod/. We get a lot of really nice messages from our great listeners, and we’d love to see yours among them, so get in touch! All Stoop Kidz show art is created by our own Emily Csuy (https://www.instagram.com/emilycsuy/). Intro music: “Hey Arnold! Theme” by Jim Lang. Intermission music: “Invisible Hippo” by Jim Lang.
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“A Day in the Life of a Classroom” questions the definition of “perfect” at P.S. 118 when a documentary crew wants to capture an exemplary day in Mr. Simmons’s classroom! Mr. Simmons takes it a little too literally – think cinéma vérité with less of the vérité. Big Bob tries a little too hard to change his ways after a close call with a gas attack(?) in “Big Bob’s Crisis.” But is selling your earthly possessions and moving your entire family to an Oregon commune better than just going to therapy and listening to your children? The answer may shock you! If you like Stoop Kidz!, tell a friend about our show and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell them they can also find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/stoopkidzpod and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/stoopkidzpod/. We get a lot of really nice messages from our great listeners, and we’d love to see yours among them, so get in touch! All Stoop Kidz show art is created by our own Emily Csuy (https://www.instagram.com/emilycsuy/). Intro music: “Hey Arnold! Theme” by Jim Lang. Intermission music: “Invisible Hippo” by Jim Lang.
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