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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Bonus — Danny McBride's America, with Marie Bertonneau (The Righteous Gemstones, Part 1)
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For the first installment of a two-part episode covering HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, Brendan, Gabi, and guest Marie Bertonneau take a deep dive into the history of collaboration between multihyphenate creators Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green. The discussion starts with their time at the North Carolina School of the Arts and goes on to consider McBride's first screen appearance in Green's 2003 romantic drama All the Real Girls, Hill's first two features The Foot Fist Way and Observe and Report, and the HBO series Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals. Marie Bertonneau tweets from @marieberd.
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For the first installment of a two-part episode covering HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, Brendan, Gabi, and guest Marie Bertonneau take a deep dive into the history of collaboration between multihyphenate creators Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green. The discussion starts with their time at the North Carolina School of the Arts and goes on to consider McBride's first screen appearance in Green's 2003 romantic drama All the Real Girls, Hill's first two features The Foot Fist Way and Observe and Report, and the HBO series Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals. Marie Bertonneau tweets from @marieberd.
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