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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135 - Review of the Year 2018: Part 2 (with Calvin Dyson, Judey Bignell and Chris Hunter)
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It's that time, again! Diminishing Returns present their biggest episode ever: a solid three-hours looking back at the releases of 2018 covered on the show and more... In the interest of Google metrics, that's: - Deadpool 2 - Solo: A Star Wars Story - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Incredibles 2 - Ant-Man and the Wasp - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again - Mission: Impossible - Fallout - The Nun - The Predator - Johnny English Strikes Again - Halloween (2018) - Suspiria (2018) - The Grinch - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Creed II - Aquaman Sol and Allen are joined by Calvin Dyson, Judey Bignell and Chris Hunter to ring in the new year (or, to put it more accurately, ring out the old one). Also, there's a music quiz. All in all, it's bloody good listening.
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It's that time, again! Diminishing Returns present their biggest episode ever: a solid three-hours looking back at the releases of 2018 covered on the show and more... In the interest of Google metrics, that's: - Deadpool 2 - Solo: A Star Wars Story - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Incredibles 2 - Ant-Man and the Wasp - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again - Mission: Impossible - Fallout - The Nun - The Predator - Johnny English Strikes Again - Halloween (2018) - Suspiria (2018) - The Grinch - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Creed II - Aquaman Sol and Allen are joined by Calvin Dyson, Judey Bignell and Chris Hunter to ring in the new year (or, to put it more accurately, ring out the old one). Also, there's a music quiz. All in all, it's bloody good listening.
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