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 231: Lupin
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This week your new BFFs get continental as we check out Netflix's Parisian caper drama "Lupin." We're both big fans of the Lupin legacy in other forms, how did this one fare? Also! Remembering the legacy of J Dilla's legendary last album on its 15th anniversary, Maki Itoh prepares to take over the West, Cait thinks you all need to calm down about WandaVision and so much more. 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.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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This week your new BFFs get continental as we check out Netflix's Parisian caper drama "Lupin." We're both big fans of the Lupin legacy in other forms, how did this one fare? Also! Remembering the legacy of J Dilla's legendary last album on its 15th anniversary, Maki Itoh prepares to take over the West, Cait thinks you all need to calm down about WandaVision and so much more. 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.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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