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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In this episode, we creep up to the corner and roll down the window with a fist full of grimy bills for an episode that's heavily pimp spot influenced! We pimp fellow casters of pod, something to scrub ya stankin' ass with, as well as a television program that one of us has been watching and loves a big bad bunch. Then we talk about an old show and get revelatory as we dive deep into a three story house of horrors that might be closer than we would want it, so strap in for the Blitzing of Nerd-dom!
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In this episode, we creep up to the corner and roll down the window with a fist full of grimy bills for an episode that's heavily pimp spot influenced! We pimp fellow casters of pod, something to scrub ya stankin' ass with, as well as a television program that one of us has been watching and loves a big bad bunch. Then we talk about an old show and get revelatory as we dive deep into a three story house of horrors that might be closer than we would want it, so strap in for the Blitzing of Nerd-dom!
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