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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Dead Air EP 111 - Dead Silence
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Shhh...don't look now, but we have a killer request for Episode 111 of Dead Air. A fan has shoved their hands up our backs and made us talk about the 2007, James Wan film, Dead Silence. Jamie is living an idealistic, if not simple existence with his loving wife, when a strange package from their hometown of Raven's Fair brings a curious oddity. A ventriloquist dummy from the towns infamous, and long dead, Mary Shaw. That night, Jamie's wife is brutally murdered and mutilated in to appearing like a puppet. With the cops on his heels, Jamie heads to his hometown to confront this mystery in hopes to find his wife's killer. But, as the town's dark past is slowly revealed, the origin of this deranged dummy becomes all the more horrifying. Can Jamie, unravel the mystery of this demented dummy, or is he just another puppet on a string? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/splatterpicturesdeadair/message
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Shhh...don't look now, but we have a killer request for Episode 111 of Dead Air. A fan has shoved their hands up our backs and made us talk about the 2007, James Wan film, Dead Silence. Jamie is living an idealistic, if not simple existence with his loving wife, when a strange package from their hometown of Raven's Fair brings a curious oddity. A ventriloquist dummy from the towns infamous, and long dead, Mary Shaw. That night, Jamie's wife is brutally murdered and mutilated in to appearing like a puppet. With the cops on his heels, Jamie heads to his hometown to confront this mystery in hopes to find his wife's killer. But, as the town's dark past is slowly revealed, the origin of this deranged dummy becomes all the more horrifying. Can Jamie, unravel the mystery of this demented dummy, or is he just another puppet on a string? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/splatterpicturesdeadair/message
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