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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#61 - The Skin I Live In: Its Whats On the Outside That Counts
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The movie: Spanish psychological thriller The Skin I Live In The guest: Co-host of Hammer films podcast Hammertime Horror, Riley McDonald Trigger warning re: discussions of sexual assault and violence Among the topics we get into: -bad Netflix plot summaries -the incredible structure of The Skin I Live In and how its non-linear story creates a compelling confusion of feelings -the murky danger of sympathy -the fragility of identity -how our faces belong more to others than to ourselves -the deft balancing of multiple genres
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The movie: Spanish psychological thriller The Skin I Live In The guest: Co-host of Hammer films podcast Hammertime Horror, Riley McDonald Trigger warning re: discussions of sexual assault and violence Among the topics we get into: -bad Netflix plot summaries -the incredible structure of The Skin I Live In and how its non-linear story creates a compelling confusion of feelings -the murky danger of sympathy -the fragility of identity -how our faces belong more to others than to ourselves -the deft balancing of multiple genres
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