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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AMP #890 - A Ten Bell Salute to Kevin Fields
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Welcome back to Thursday Night AMP. The usual format has been thrown out this week as we pay tribute to the late Kevin Fields, known to those of us on this website as both KAM and Killa Kev, someone I was friends with dating back to the 1990's before his sudden passing on June 22nd of this year. His friends and colleagues have been invited on to share their thoughts and memories of him, as he was both an on-air personality at our old domain name (AngryMarks) and a producer behind the scenes for many of the website's shows.
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Manage episode 491096269 series 1077349
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Welcome back to Thursday Night AMP. The usual format has been thrown out this week as we pay tribute to the late Kevin Fields, known to those of us on this website as both KAM and Killa Kev, someone I was friends with dating back to the 1990's before his sudden passing on June 22nd of this year. His friends and colleagues have been invited on to share their thoughts and memories of him, as he was both an on-air personality at our old domain name (AngryMarks) and a producer behind the scenes for many of the website's shows.
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