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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Join us as we finally take a look at the LARGLY UNDERAPPRECIATED Looney Tunes director, Arthur Davis! Jordan looks as Daffy and Porky fight it out in a department store that legally isn't Macy's in 'Riff Raffy Daffy' Marc looks at another Daffy-lead short, this time as a salesman in 'The Stupour Salesman' And we both look at a short that has the MOST insane On This Day we had, as well as Porky taking on the likes of a Brooklyn squirrel in 'Porky Chops'
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Join us as we finally take a look at the LARGLY UNDERAPPRECIATED Looney Tunes director, Arthur Davis! Jordan looks as Daffy and Porky fight it out in a department store that legally isn't Macy's in 'Riff Raffy Daffy' Marc looks at another Daffy-lead short, this time as a salesman in 'The Stupour Salesman' And we both look at a short that has the MOST insane On This Day we had, as well as Porky taking on the likes of a Brooklyn squirrel in 'Porky Chops'
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