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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November 2013 Watershed Podcast
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In this episode: This month Mark considers the representation of women in film and media and discusses five films coming up at Watershed in November that have women as their central characters – all of which engage with issues of female representation in rich and complex ways.
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In this episode: This month Mark considers the representation of women in film and media and discusses five films coming up at Watershed in November that have women as their central characters – all of which engage with issues of female representation in rich and complex ways.
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