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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BBFF Pod 302 EXTRA: Pawn Shop History, Fortune Telling Scams
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Remind me not to drink gin before recording. Fact-checking an old Charles Bronson movie, the history of pawn shop signage, along with barber shops and apothecaries, and fortune telling scammers! A Twitter thread of accompanying images will go up following this episode - twitter.com/BBFFpod
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Remind me not to drink gin before recording. Fact-checking an old Charles Bronson movie, the history of pawn shop signage, along with barber shops and apothecaries, and fortune telling scammers! A Twitter thread of accompanying images will go up following this episode - twitter.com/BBFFpod
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