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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Debra Granik and Jennifer Lawrence "Winter's Bone"
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Join filmmaker Debra Granik and actor Jennifer Lawrence as they discuss their 2010 film “Winter's Bone”, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Drama at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Adapting Daniel Woodrell’s novel of the same name, Granik wrote and directed this film set in the heart of Missouri’s Ozark woods. The film follows a despondent teenager Ree Dolly (Lawrence), whose father vanishes after selling their house as jail bond.
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Join filmmaker Debra Granik and actor Jennifer Lawrence as they discuss their 2010 film “Winter's Bone”, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Drama at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Adapting Daniel Woodrell’s novel of the same name, Granik wrote and directed this film set in the heart of Missouri’s Ozark woods. The film follows a despondent teenager Ree Dolly (Lawrence), whose father vanishes after selling their house as jail bond.
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