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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Kailey is in Canada for the final week of the Toronto International Film Festival where she saw ten films in three days. Meanwhile Dan is joined in Silverstream by Phil Smith to review Pete's Dragon and Steve Newall Skypes in to talk about their survey of the best films of 2016 (so far).
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Kailey is in Canada for the final week of the Toronto International Film Festival where she saw ten films in three days. Meanwhile Dan is joined in Silverstream by Phil Smith to review Pete's Dragon and Steve Newall Skypes in to talk about their survey of the best films of 2016 (so far).
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