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 123 - Beloved
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Love your hands, for they click the links to the Dead Air Podcast. Love Dead Air Podcast, for it brings you the 1998 film; Beloved. Shortly after the American civil war, Sethe, a former slave and her teenage daughter Denver live in fear of a Poltergeist that has been terrorizing their family for years. The violent specter seems to meet its match when a man from Sethe's past named Paul D comes to visit and manages to drive the sinister spirit away. Shortly thereafter a strange woman is found on their doorstep. She calls herself Beloved, As time passes they form a new kind of blended family and attempt to live their lives in peace. However, there is something different about Beloved. Something otherworldly and sinister. Slowly the past is revealed and what is found out will expose the horrific scars left by the slave trade. Scars that will never heal. Scars of supreme cruelty, desperation, tragedy and hatred. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/splatterpicturesdeadair/message
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Love your hands, for they click the links to the Dead Air Podcast. Love Dead Air Podcast, for it brings you the 1998 film; Beloved. Shortly after the American civil war, Sethe, a former slave and her teenage daughter Denver live in fear of a Poltergeist that has been terrorizing their family for years. The violent specter seems to meet its match when a man from Sethe's past named Paul D comes to visit and manages to drive the sinister spirit away. Shortly thereafter a strange woman is found on their doorstep. She calls herself Beloved, As time passes they form a new kind of blended family and attempt to live their lives in peace. However, there is something different about Beloved. Something otherworldly and sinister. Slowly the past is revealed and what is found out will expose the horrific scars left by the slave trade. Scars that will never heal. Scars of supreme cruelty, desperation, tragedy and hatred. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/splatterpicturesdeadair/message
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