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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It's nothing but hard questions this time around from TAS. "The Time Trap" makes us wonder what the devil is up with the "Bonaventure" since we know the first warp ship was Zephram Cochran's. If the elders in "The Ambergris Element" hate land-dwellers, why did the younger citizens try to help Kirk and Spock by making them seapeople as well? And why did "The Slaver Weapon" bother including a psychic since it barely factored in? Also this week: the plural of rhombus, Dad jokes, and improper sandwich storage. [some "Snowpiercer" spoilers this week] Timestamps: synopses: 1:19; The Time Trap: 12:40; The Ambergris Element: 25:57; The Slaver Weapon: 40:11
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It's nothing but hard questions this time around from TAS. "The Time Trap" makes us wonder what the devil is up with the "Bonaventure" since we know the first warp ship was Zephram Cochran's. If the elders in "The Ambergris Element" hate land-dwellers, why did the younger citizens try to help Kirk and Spock by making them seapeople as well? And why did "The Slaver Weapon" bother including a psychic since it barely factored in? Also this week: the plural of rhombus, Dad jokes, and improper sandwich storage. [some "Snowpiercer" spoilers this week] Timestamps: synopses: 1:19; The Time Trap: 12:40; The Ambergris Element: 25:57; The Slaver Weapon: 40:11
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