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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16: The Handmaiden (2016)
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All of us at Film Femmes HQ are really excited this week because we finally talk about a movie we’re been waiting to talk about since we started this dang-ol’ show: The Handmaiden!! A Park Chan Wook movie so captivating and dense and provocative and gorgeous and gay!!!! that our hearts can hardly contain it. Join us as we go through The Handmaiden beat-for-beat and talk about different topics along the way. We obsess over the beautiful filmmaking, gay romance, and debate on a certain part of the movie Meredith and Alita DISAGREE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re on twitter @meredad and @itsalita. Thanks to Mel Stone for letting us use her track “Passing” from her EP “Coney”. Which you can find on Bandcamp at http://melstone.bandcamp.com Please leave us a review on iTunes!! It helps a bunch.
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All of us at Film Femmes HQ are really excited this week because we finally talk about a movie we’re been waiting to talk about since we started this dang-ol’ show: The Handmaiden!! A Park Chan Wook movie so captivating and dense and provocative and gorgeous and gay!!!! that our hearts can hardly contain it. Join us as we go through The Handmaiden beat-for-beat and talk about different topics along the way. We obsess over the beautiful filmmaking, gay romance, and debate on a certain part of the movie Meredith and Alita DISAGREE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re on twitter @meredad and @itsalita. Thanks to Mel Stone for letting us use her track “Passing” from her EP “Coney”. Which you can find on Bandcamp at http://melstone.bandcamp.com Please leave us a review on iTunes!! It helps a bunch.
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