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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Ep. 114 - Orphan Black; Christine; Denial; Aquarius - TV & Movie Reviews
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Our first #ListofSix: 6 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies. At 6:22: in honor of Tatiana Maslany's well-deserved Emmy win, Screen Thoughts finally takes a look at Orphan Black. Hollister & O'Toole then split their realities, taking independent looks at 2 movies based on true stories: at 10:05, Christine (starring Rebecca Hall as troubled 1970s TV reporter Christine Chubbuck) and at 15:38, Denial (Rachel Weisz as historian Deborah Lipstadt - doing battle with a Holocaust denier). At 21:58, a film that ignited a firestorm: a look at the Brazilian film Aquarius, starring Sonia Braga.
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Our first #ListofSix: 6 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies. At 6:22: in honor of Tatiana Maslany's well-deserved Emmy win, Screen Thoughts finally takes a look at Orphan Black. Hollister & O'Toole then split their realities, taking independent looks at 2 movies based on true stories: at 10:05, Christine (starring Rebecca Hall as troubled 1970s TV reporter Christine Chubbuck) and at 15:38, Denial (Rachel Weisz as historian Deborah Lipstadt - doing battle with a Holocaust denier). At 21:58, a film that ignited a firestorm: a look at the Brazilian film Aquarius, starring Sonia Braga.
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