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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Feminist Exploitation?: Talking Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
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It's Women in Horror Month and we're taking on Amy Holden Jones' THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982). Both adored and reviled, this cult classic consistently divides audiences. Is it feminist? Is it exploitative? Can it be both? Today the Horror Homeroom crew is weighing in on those questions as well as asking whether death by a 12-inch drill can ever be anything other than phallic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horror-homeroom/support
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It's Women in Horror Month and we're taking on Amy Holden Jones' THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982). Both adored and reviled, this cult classic consistently divides audiences. Is it feminist? Is it exploitative? Can it be both? Today the Horror Homeroom crew is weighing in on those questions as well as asking whether death by a 12-inch drill can ever be anything other than phallic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horror-homeroom/support
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