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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Cody, Robert, and Nat take time off from our beach reading to bring you a special bonus episode focusing on four films reflecting Hollywood's attempt at fantasy films in the wake of STAR WARS. It's a podcast full of scantily clad women, swords, revenge!, violence, magic, superstition, and might makes right. Time tracks: EXCALIBUR Discussion: 0:00 to 40:11 DRAGONSLAYER Discussion 40:11to 1:08:41 THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER Discussion 1:08:41 to 1:34:51 CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 1:30:47 to End
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Cody, Robert, and Nat take time off from our beach reading to bring you a special bonus episode focusing on four films reflecting Hollywood's attempt at fantasy films in the wake of STAR WARS. It's a podcast full of scantily clad women, swords, revenge!, violence, magic, superstition, and might makes right. Time tracks: EXCALIBUR Discussion: 0:00 to 40:11 DRAGONSLAYER Discussion 40:11to 1:08:41 THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER Discussion 1:08:41 to 1:34:51 CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 1:30:47 to End
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