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 17: The Bird Cage v. A Beautiful Mind
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Best friend and Target fashionista Alyssa Saenz comes over to show me the LGBTQ hit The Bird Cage. I greatly underestimate how great the movie is and get really hung up on an ancillary character. Then I show Alyssa A Beautiful Mind and I cry. That's all you need to know. I learned a lot and I had a great time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minute-twenty4/support
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Best friend and Target fashionista Alyssa Saenz comes over to show me the LGBTQ hit The Bird Cage. I greatly underestimate how great the movie is and get really hung up on an ancillary character. Then I show Alyssa A Beautiful Mind and I cry. That's all you need to know. I learned a lot and I had a great time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minute-twenty4/support
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