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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- Being outside is terrible these days during the Summer (and yet the EPA thinks everything is fine)
- Americans have terrible reading comprehension and that means we can’t solve our complicated problems because no one will understand it
- When do we admit that the problem isn’t our political system but the people that participate in it?
- Gentle parenting is the 400 level parenting course…most parents need to start at the 101 course
- President Obama says Ketchup is for kids and he’s right
- Someone tell Shannon Sharpe having a sexual relationship with a 19 year old in his 50’s is rapey. He deserved to lose his ESPN gig. Nothing good comes out of dealing with (or rather, manipulating) younger women
Guest: Ro
100 episodes
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Topics:
- Being outside is terrible these days during the Summer (and yet the EPA thinks everything is fine)
- Americans have terrible reading comprehension and that means we can’t solve our complicated problems because no one will understand it
- When do we admit that the problem isn’t our political system but the people that participate in it?
- Gentle parenting is the 400 level parenting course…most parents need to start at the 101 course
- President Obama says Ketchup is for kids and he’s right
- Someone tell Shannon Sharpe having a sexual relationship with a 19 year old in his 50’s is rapey. He deserved to lose his ESPN gig. Nothing good comes out of dealing with (or rather, manipulating) younger women
Guest: Ro
100 episodes
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