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 23: Beetlejuice (with Staci Layne Wilson)
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Three decades later, Tim Burton's parable about life, afterlife and intergenerational conflict seems like an unlikely box office smash. Chris and Drew discuss the merits of Burton's golden era, of Alec Baldwin's hairy chest and of Catherine O'Hara's perfect take on an artsy twit. Writer-director-horror lovely Staci Layne Wilson is on hand to pine for the days when we didn't know every last awful thing about the actors in the movies we watch. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WANYApodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearenotyounganymore/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanyapodcast/ Official website: https://www.wearenotyounganymore.com/ Staci on Twitter: https://twitter.com/staciwilson Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisjeggertsen
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Three decades later, Tim Burton's parable about life, afterlife and intergenerational conflict seems like an unlikely box office smash. Chris and Drew discuss the merits of Burton's golden era, of Alec Baldwin's hairy chest and of Catherine O'Hara's perfect take on an artsy twit. Writer-director-horror lovely Staci Layne Wilson is on hand to pine for the days when we didn't know every last awful thing about the actors in the movies we watch. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WANYApodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearenotyounganymore/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanyapodcast/ Official website: https://www.wearenotyounganymore.com/ Staci on Twitter: https://twitter.com/staciwilson Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisjeggertsen
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