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 345: The Clean and Jerk
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Land of Doom v Psycho Gore Man on the roulette, we rabbit trail about the state of post pandemic cinema, movies that we changed our minds on, sportsball, and chat Cowboy Bebop, Love Death + Robots 2, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Moxie, Into the Grizzly Maze, Wrath of Man, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, and much more!
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