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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The Master of Disguise
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"The Master of Disguise" (2002) // Dir. Perry Andelin Blake The three of us summon all the energico in our bodies and fire off about this incendiary little kids(?) movie. There's an unforgivable brown face scene featuring our main character. The main character is supposed to "become another person" but he keeps on doing weird impressions of recognizable celebrities whereas his father and grandfather truly become the characters they're impersonating. The Turtle Club scene? Oh yeah, that shit still works like gangbusters.
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"The Master of Disguise" (2002) // Dir. Perry Andelin Blake The three of us summon all the energico in our bodies and fire off about this incendiary little kids(?) movie. There's an unforgivable brown face scene featuring our main character. The main character is supposed to "become another person" but he keeps on doing weird impressions of recognizable celebrities whereas his father and grandfather truly become the characters they're impersonating. The Turtle Club scene? Oh yeah, that shit still works like gangbusters.
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