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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A freewheeling, format-free chat as Jordan and Caitlin consider six years of the Geekdown Podcast, before Cait temporarily steps away from one bizarre adventure to embark on another one. New episodes may not come for a while, but we're still on Twitter (for now), which is currently the best place for updates on how the brand might change in the months ahead: twitter.com/geekdownpod If you want to say thanks, you can buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (@robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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A freewheeling, format-free chat as Jordan and Caitlin consider six years of the Geekdown Podcast, before Cait temporarily steps away from one bizarre adventure to embark on another one. New episodes may not come for a while, but we're still on Twitter (for now), which is currently the best place for updates on how the brand might change in the months ahead: twitter.com/geekdownpod If you want to say thanks, you can buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (@robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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