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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Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the Republican National Convention, which is going ahead as planned after an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump will be formally confirmed as his party's candidate for the presidential election in November. The former president said he will give a "whole different speech" on Thursday, in a change from the "humdinger" he had planned. The man who tried to kill Trump - Thomas Crooks, 20 - was shot and killed by the Secret Service but his motive remains unknown. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #DonaldTrump #US #USElection #BBCNews
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Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the Republican National Convention, which is going ahead as planned after an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump will be formally confirmed as his party's candidate for the presidential election in November. The former president said he will give a "whole different speech" on Thursday, in a change from the "humdinger" he had planned. The man who tried to kill Trump - Thomas Crooks, 20 - was shot and killed by the Secret Service but his motive remains unknown. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #DonaldTrump #US #USElection #BBCNews
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