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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Jon Favreau & Lon Lovett were staffers in the Obama White House who, along with Tommy Vietor, decided to venture into media with a podcast now called Pod Save America (https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/) . The show became a hit, so they founded a whole company around it called Crooked Media (https://crooked.com/) . Now, they produce a plethora of podcasts, host a full schedule of live shows, and even write books like their new title, Democracy or Else. Favreau & Lovett go behind the fights over messaging in the Democratic party, parse Joe Biden's campaign strategy, and explain the challenges of running a progressive media company in the age of Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices)
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Jon Favreau & Lon Lovett were staffers in the Obama White House who, along with Tommy Vietor, decided to venture into media with a podcast now called Pod Save America (https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/) . The show became a hit, so they founded a whole company around it called Crooked Media (https://crooked.com/) . Now, they produce a plethora of podcasts, host a full schedule of live shows, and even write books like their new title, Democracy or Else. Favreau & Lovett go behind the fights over messaging in the Democratic party, parse Joe Biden's campaign strategy, and explain the challenges of running a progressive media company in the age of Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices)
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