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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2. The Beiderbecke Affair
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Our second episode see us enter the lives of Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne, two apparently ordinary teachers from Leeds whose pursuit of some missing records by jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke plunges them into a world of dodgy businessmen, underground economies and police corruption. This Alan Plater-scripted classic from 1985 quickly won the hearts of viewers and spawned two sequels. Next time: Campion
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Our second episode see us enter the lives of Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne, two apparently ordinary teachers from Leeds whose pursuit of some missing records by jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke plunges them into a world of dodgy businessmen, underground economies and police corruption. This Alan Plater-scripted classic from 1985 quickly won the hearts of viewers and spawned two sequels. Next time: Campion
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