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 302: Falling for Christmas
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We've crawled out of Crapathon ready to bundle up under the blankets with a cup of cocoa and get into all the festive fare that our favourite streaming providers have on offer. First up: the Lindsay Lohan comeback vehicle 'Falling for Christmas,' a movie that looks at all the tropes of made-for-tv holiday movies and says 'yes.' Also this episode: Vash the Stampede returns, what feels like an emerging seiyuu crisis, Dungeons & Dragons makes questionable decisions and updates to all we've been watching including Wednesday, Fleishman, and more. Keep up between episodes, for now, at twitter.com/geekdownpod If you want to salute our arbitrary numerical achievement, you can buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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We've crawled out of Crapathon ready to bundle up under the blankets with a cup of cocoa and get into all the festive fare that our favourite streaming providers have on offer. First up: the Lindsay Lohan comeback vehicle 'Falling for Christmas,' a movie that looks at all the tropes of made-for-tv holiday movies and says 'yes.' Also this episode: Vash the Stampede returns, what feels like an emerging seiyuu crisis, Dungeons & Dragons makes questionable decisions and updates to all we've been watching including Wednesday, Fleishman, and more. Keep up between episodes, for now, at twitter.com/geekdownpod If you want to salute our arbitrary numerical achievement, you can buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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