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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This week, as we get closer to Halloween, we thought we'd take a look at slasher movies. We talk about the good, the bad and the gory things that make a slasher film a slasher film! What do we like about slashers, what don't we like about them and what we think makes slasher films so popular year after year after year. Listen in and find out what we all thought.
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This week, as we get closer to Halloween, we thought we'd take a look at slasher movies. We talk about the good, the bad and the gory things that make a slasher film a slasher film! What do we like about slashers, what don't we like about them and what we think makes slasher films so popular year after year after year. Listen in and find out what we all thought.
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