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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On this holly jolly edition of Virtual Citizens, the gang convene to ponder that most Christmas of figures: Santa Claus! We took a tour through his most recent screen incarnations and see what decades of irony and post-modern thought had wrought on that most sacrosant of Christmas figures not named Jesus Christ. Virtual Citizens is a pop culture podcast, as the parlance goes, from a pop culture generation, with each episode taking in the trappings of modern media and pop culture in odd angles. CHRISTMAS MOVIES DISCUSSION Alastair - Rise of the Guardians Emmet - The Christmas Chronicles Leandro - Miracle on 34th Street Kimmy - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale HOSTS: Leandro Pondoc CONTRIBUTORS: Alastair Dennehy, Kimmy Choon, Emmet Jones THE SOCIAL MEDIAS twitter.com/CitizensVirtual facebook.com/virtualcitizenspodcast patreon.com/virtualcitizens Produced: Emmet Jones
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On this holly jolly edition of Virtual Citizens, the gang convene to ponder that most Christmas of figures: Santa Claus! We took a tour through his most recent screen incarnations and see what decades of irony and post-modern thought had wrought on that most sacrosant of Christmas figures not named Jesus Christ. Virtual Citizens is a pop culture podcast, as the parlance goes, from a pop culture generation, with each episode taking in the trappings of modern media and pop culture in odd angles. CHRISTMAS MOVIES DISCUSSION Alastair - Rise of the Guardians Emmet - The Christmas Chronicles Leandro - Miracle on 34th Street Kimmy - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale HOSTS: Leandro Pondoc CONTRIBUTORS: Alastair Dennehy, Kimmy Choon, Emmet Jones THE SOCIAL MEDIAS twitter.com/CitizensVirtual facebook.com/virtualcitizenspodcast patreon.com/virtualcitizens Produced: Emmet Jones
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