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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Ep 243 - Ganja & Hess
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Jim Wallace joins Jon Cross at Soho Park in NYC to discuss the challenging, weird, sensual, artistic, frustrating, wild and mesmerising African American horror/art film Ganja & Hess (1973) after they watched it on the big screen at the Roxy Cinema, Tribeca. It's one of the only other films that stars Duane Jones of Night of the Living Dead fame. On the surface a story of vampirism as addiction but also a lot more than that. Up there with George A Romero’s Martin for art house horror. Although Martin is an easier, more linear watch. If you’re a fan of early 70s black cinema you almost HAVE to challenge yourself to watch this. Take a listen and learn about a movie that might surprise you...
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Jim Wallace joins Jon Cross at Soho Park in NYC to discuss the challenging, weird, sensual, artistic, frustrating, wild and mesmerising African American horror/art film Ganja & Hess (1973) after they watched it on the big screen at the Roxy Cinema, Tribeca. It's one of the only other films that stars Duane Jones of Night of the Living Dead fame. On the surface a story of vampirism as addiction but also a lot more than that. Up there with George A Romero’s Martin for art house horror. Although Martin is an easier, more linear watch. If you’re a fan of early 70s black cinema you almost HAVE to challenge yourself to watch this. Take a listen and learn about a movie that might surprise you...
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