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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Ep. 158 - Wind River; Whitney: Can I Be Me - Movie Reviews
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Shaken, not stirred - on 007 and Hollister's not-quite-undercover in-theater experience. At 5:57: Grim statistics: murder on a Native American reservation: Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) writes and directs Wind River. Starring Jeremy Renner (Arrival), fellow Oscar-nominee Graham Greene, Julia Jones, and Elizabeth Olsen. 24:20: Hollister reports on her sneak preview of Whitney: Can I Be Me, a new documentary by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal. 33:48: Divide and conquer: This week's #ListOfSix: Our 6 Favorite Biopics. O'Toole looks at docos; Hollister at narrative films.
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Shaken, not stirred - on 007 and Hollister's not-quite-undercover in-theater experience. At 5:57: Grim statistics: murder on a Native American reservation: Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) writes and directs Wind River. Starring Jeremy Renner (Arrival), fellow Oscar-nominee Graham Greene, Julia Jones, and Elizabeth Olsen. 24:20: Hollister reports on her sneak preview of Whitney: Can I Be Me, a new documentary by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal. 33:48: Divide and conquer: This week's #ListOfSix: Our 6 Favorite Biopics. O'Toole looks at docos; Hollister at narrative films.
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