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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Sarah and guest Miti von Weissenberg explore sanctity and voluntary poverty in 1989 film Francesco! Join us as we delve into the real lives of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, the intertwined histories of the Franciscans and the Poor Clares, and the link between biopic and hagiography. Learn more about Miti’s research and teaching: https://www.xavier.edu/history-department/directory/marita-vonweissenberg Learn more about St. Francis of Assisi and his legacy: Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. Edited by Regis J. Armstrong, J.A. Wayne Hellman, and William J. Short. New York: New City Press, 1999-2001 Moorman, John R. H. A history of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year 1517. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968 Vauchez, André, translated by Michael F. Cusato. Francis of Assisi : The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint. Yale University Press, 2012 The Cambridge companion to Francis of Assisi. Edited by Michael J.P. Robson Thompson, Augustine. Francis of Assisi : A New Biography. Cornell University Press, 2012. Appelbaum, Patricia. St. Francis of America: How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America’s Most Popular Saint. Chapel Hill: university of North Carolina Press, 2015. Learn more about St. Clare of Assisi: Mooney, Catherine M. Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth Century Church: Religious Women, Rules, and Resistance. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Mueller, Joan. The privilege of poverty : Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the struggle for a Franciscan rule for women. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. Learn more about Franciscan spirituality: Ahlgren, Gillian T.W. The Tenderness of God: Reclaiming our Humanity. Lanham: Fortress Press, 2017. Learn more about medieval sanctity: Bartlett, Robert. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? : Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Vauchez, André. The Laity in the Middle Ages : Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993. Vauchez, André. Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Social Media: Twitter @mediaevalpod E-mail: media.evalpod@gmail.com Find Miti at @MvonWeissenberg Rate, review, and subscribe!
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Sarah and guest Miti von Weissenberg explore sanctity and voluntary poverty in 1989 film Francesco! Join us as we delve into the real lives of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, the intertwined histories of the Franciscans and the Poor Clares, and the link between biopic and hagiography. Learn more about Miti’s research and teaching: https://www.xavier.edu/history-department/directory/marita-vonweissenberg Learn more about St. Francis of Assisi and his legacy: Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. Edited by Regis J. Armstrong, J.A. Wayne Hellman, and William J. Short. New York: New City Press, 1999-2001 Moorman, John R. H. A history of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year 1517. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968 Vauchez, André, translated by Michael F. Cusato. Francis of Assisi : The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint. Yale University Press, 2012 The Cambridge companion to Francis of Assisi. Edited by Michael J.P. Robson Thompson, Augustine. Francis of Assisi : A New Biography. Cornell University Press, 2012. Appelbaum, Patricia. St. Francis of America: How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America’s Most Popular Saint. Chapel Hill: university of North Carolina Press, 2015. Learn more about St. Clare of Assisi: Mooney, Catherine M. Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth Century Church: Religious Women, Rules, and Resistance. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Mueller, Joan. The privilege of poverty : Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the struggle for a Franciscan rule for women. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. Learn more about Franciscan spirituality: Ahlgren, Gillian T.W. The Tenderness of God: Reclaiming our Humanity. Lanham: Fortress Press, 2017. Learn more about medieval sanctity: Bartlett, Robert. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? : Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Vauchez, André. The Laity in the Middle Ages : Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993. Vauchez, André. Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Social Media: Twitter @mediaevalpod E-mail: media.evalpod@gmail.com Find Miti at @MvonWeissenberg Rate, review, and subscribe!
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