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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Alison Wright is one of the brave few who has taken the time to explore what she truly enjoys as not only a passion but a career. This week we explore what it's like to face the "scary" beginning part of the a creative career. Something most people feel an impossibility. Music courtesy of bensound.com Alison is also a writer - see below for an except of her work: Lonely is the wolf who cries at the moon Left to idly wallow in his pallid halo An empty light seared in the sky Forever untouchable Alone she howls for her love forever lost Hungry for his affection, his touch, his gaze Inward she turns to feast on her memories Her only source of sustenance Heavy is her heart, weak is her body Why have you gone? She wails Her mind becomes ensnared by his presence Knowing he will never be hers again He may hide under the blanket of a cloudy sky Or shy away from the sun's rays Yet he will forever be seared into her eyes, Etched eternally onto the back of her mind
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Alison Wright is one of the brave few who has taken the time to explore what she truly enjoys as not only a passion but a career. This week we explore what it's like to face the "scary" beginning part of the a creative career. Something most people feel an impossibility. Music courtesy of bensound.com Alison is also a writer - see below for an except of her work: Lonely is the wolf who cries at the moon Left to idly wallow in his pallid halo An empty light seared in the sky Forever untouchable Alone she howls for her love forever lost Hungry for his affection, his touch, his gaze Inward she turns to feast on her memories Her only source of sustenance Heavy is her heart, weak is her body Why have you gone? She wails Her mind becomes ensnared by his presence Knowing he will never be hers again He may hide under the blanket of a cloudy sky Or shy away from the sun's rays Yet he will forever be seared into her eyes, Etched eternally onto the back of her mind
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