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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Is This Blockbuster Necessary? - Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Seagull and more!
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Did you hear there's a new "Star Wars" spin-off opening? OF COURSE YOU DID! So we brought Mike Sargent along to suss out "Solo: A Star Wars Story." Does it live up to the hype? Do we really need Han Solo's back story? And how did director Ron Howard do? It was a "troubled" production. Is it worth your time and money? For grown-up moviegoers we have "The Seagull" which is an adaptation of Checkov's play starring Annette Bening. We also talk about Spike Lee's "BlackkKlansman" which was a big hit at the Cannes film festival and we have the very timely movie "A Kid Like Jake" which stars Jim Parsons of "The Big Bang Theory." Can he do more than sitcoms? Listen in!!
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Did you hear there's a new "Star Wars" spin-off opening? OF COURSE YOU DID! So we brought Mike Sargent along to suss out "Solo: A Star Wars Story." Does it live up to the hype? Do we really need Han Solo's back story? And how did director Ron Howard do? It was a "troubled" production. Is it worth your time and money? For grown-up moviegoers we have "The Seagull" which is an adaptation of Checkov's play starring Annette Bening. We also talk about Spike Lee's "BlackkKlansman" which was a big hit at the Cannes film festival and we have the very timely movie "A Kid Like Jake" which stars Jim Parsons of "The Big Bang Theory." Can he do more than sitcoms? Listen in!!
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