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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Episode 101 - "Beverly Hills Cop"
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The movie that taught America that Eddie Murphy was a superstar and that the best way to be a cop is to drink on the job and lie all the time. Both of those "facts" have had a rough go of it these last 20 years.
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The movie that taught America that Eddie Murphy was a superstar and that the best way to be a cop is to drink on the job and lie all the time. Both of those "facts" have had a rough go of it these last 20 years.
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