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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048 — Mark Edward Edens: writer for TMNT 1987
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In this episode of Turtle Tracks, host Brian VanHooker talks with prolific television writer Mark Edward Edens, who wrote for just about every cartoon from the 1980s and 1990s. In his extensive resume you'll find "X-Men: The Animated Series," "The Real Ghostbusters," "Beetlejuice," "Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers" and, of course, the 1987 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," for which he wrote such classics as "Mutagen Monster" and a personal favorite of the host, "Pizza by the Shred." Sound engineering by Ian Williams
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In this episode of Turtle Tracks, host Brian VanHooker talks with prolific television writer Mark Edward Edens, who wrote for just about every cartoon from the 1980s and 1990s. In his extensive resume you'll find "X-Men: The Animated Series," "The Real Ghostbusters," "Beetlejuice," "Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers" and, of course, the 1987 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," for which he wrote such classics as "Mutagen Monster" and a personal favorite of the host, "Pizza by the Shred." Sound engineering by Ian Williams
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