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 305 EXTRA: Dreamcatchers, Stalkers, Buried Alive
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It's a shorty but a goody! Fact Checking Jonathan Frakes' choice in props, stalking in the 90s (Rebecca Schaeffer, Single White Female, etc), and back to the ridiculous origin story of Robert E. Lee. I didn't go too deeply into stories of being buried alive because we touched on it in episode 302: Roomy Dungarees for the story of "The Horn". Research assistance from Catherine Stiers! Thank you! Find her twitter here. Join the conversation in the fact-checking thread on twitter.com/BBFFpod
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It's a shorty but a goody! Fact Checking Jonathan Frakes' choice in props, stalking in the 90s (Rebecca Schaeffer, Single White Female, etc), and back to the ridiculous origin story of Robert E. Lee. I didn't go too deeply into stories of being buried alive because we touched on it in episode 302: Roomy Dungarees for the story of "The Horn". Research assistance from Catherine Stiers! Thank you! Find her twitter here. Join the conversation in the fact-checking thread on twitter.com/BBFFpod
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