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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Episode 63 - The Best Of WhatchaWhatcha 2018 Pt. 1
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On this first half of a special VC edition, it's that yearly podcast tradition of looking back on the year that's transpired and pick out the bits that were good! If that was even possible in the year of our Lord 2018. With the good help of Barry Ironic Snap Neenan, the gang pick through their favorite bits, from Netflix shows to Netflix shows to the written word and getting into sports! 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. HOSTS: Leandro Pondoc CONTRIBUTORS: Alastair Dennehy, Emmet Jones, Barry Ironic Snap Neenan THE SOCIAL MEDIAS twitter.com/CitizensVirtual facebook.com/virtualcitizenspodcast patreon.com/virtualcitizens Produced: Emmet Jones
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On this first half of a special VC edition, it's that yearly podcast tradition of looking back on the year that's transpired and pick out the bits that were good! If that was even possible in the year of our Lord 2018. With the good help of Barry Ironic Snap Neenan, the gang pick through their favorite bits, from Netflix shows to Netflix shows to the written word and getting into sports! 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. HOSTS: Leandro Pondoc CONTRIBUTORS: Alastair Dennehy, Emmet Jones, Barry Ironic Snap Neenan THE SOCIAL MEDIAS twitter.com/CitizensVirtual facebook.com/virtualcitizenspodcast patreon.com/virtualcitizens Produced: Emmet Jones
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