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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Film critics Mack Bates and A.J. Hakari drop by to preview upcoming Fall movies of 2013. With close to 100 major features being released starting in September, this episode should help movie fans make choices among so many films vying for their box office dollars. Award-winning critic Mack Bates writes freelance articles for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and serves as a staff blogger for Milwaukee Magazine’s official film blog. He recently received a local Emmy for his work on the The Robert and Rosie Show, one of the projects he worked on with Kyle Olson for the Milwaukee Summer Entertainment Camp. A.J. Hakari, aka The Mad Movie Man, has contributed movie reviews to a variety of sites including ReelTalk Movie Reviews, Classic Movie Guide, Review Express, Terror Tube and his new blog Cineslice. He is also the founder of Passport Cinema, a site devoted to foreign language films, and – bitten by the acting bug -- just completed a successful run playing multiple roles in Spamalot.
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Film critics Mack Bates and A.J. Hakari drop by to preview upcoming Fall movies of 2013. With close to 100 major features being released starting in September, this episode should help movie fans make choices among so many films vying for their box office dollars. Award-winning critic Mack Bates writes freelance articles for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and serves as a staff blogger for Milwaukee Magazine’s official film blog. He recently received a local Emmy for his work on the The Robert and Rosie Show, one of the projects he worked on with Kyle Olson for the Milwaukee Summer Entertainment Camp. A.J. Hakari, aka The Mad Movie Man, has contributed movie reviews to a variety of sites including ReelTalk Movie Reviews, Classic Movie Guide, Review Express, Terror Tube and his new blog Cineslice. He is also the founder of Passport Cinema, a site devoted to foreign language films, and – bitten by the acting bug -- just completed a successful run playing multiple roles in Spamalot.
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