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 232: Space Sweepers
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This week your new BFFs check out a recent Netflix offering, the South Korean sci-fi Space Sweepers. They also discuss Gina (not Gia, despite what Jordan said multiple times) Carano's expulsion from a galaxy far, far away; Brooklyn's 99th Precinct closes its doors; Maki Itoh works Jim Cornette into a shoot and WandaVision's giving Jordan a touch of the Marvel malaise like it's 2018 all over. Keep up with us between episodes on Twitter (twitter.com/geekdownpod). If you'd like to support the show, you can always buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod, but we'd still prefer you take that money and give it to an organization fighting to protect Black lives and fighting systemic racism. There are great resources to be found here: blacklivesmatter-canada.carrd.co/#english Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.c/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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This week your new BFFs check out a recent Netflix offering, the South Korean sci-fi Space Sweepers. They also discuss Gina (not Gia, despite what Jordan said multiple times) Carano's expulsion from a galaxy far, far away; Brooklyn's 99th Precinct closes its doors; Maki Itoh works Jim Cornette into a shoot and WandaVision's giving Jordan a touch of the Marvel malaise like it's 2018 all over. Keep up with us between episodes on Twitter (twitter.com/geekdownpod). If you'd like to support the show, you can always buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod, but we'd still prefer you take that money and give it to an organization fighting to protect Black lives and fighting systemic racism. There are great resources to be found here: blacklivesmatter-canada.carrd.co/#english Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.c/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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