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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Facing modern life's biggest dilemma - which movie to stream? Fret no more, as we do the heavy lifting and let you know whether that thing is worth a watch. We are of course just movie lovers just like you and unfortunately don't get paid for any of this, just like you. Hosts: Suhel Banerjee & Shabeer Ahmad (movie enthusiasts) Frequent Co-Hosts: Diptakirti Chaudhuri (writer of 4 and counting trivia books on Bollywood, including Bollybook) Tanmay Mukherjee (Better known as Bong Pen, writer of books and movies, and award winning screenplay writer of the 2019 Bengali movie Mahalaya) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worth-a-watch/support
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Facing modern life's biggest dilemma - which movie to stream? Fret no more, as we do the heavy lifting and let you know whether that thing is worth a watch. We are of course just movie lovers just like you and unfortunately don't get paid for any of this, just like you. Hosts: Suhel Banerjee & Shabeer Ahmad (movie enthusiasts) Frequent Co-Hosts: Diptakirti Chaudhuri (writer of 4 and counting trivia books on Bollywood, including Bollybook) Tanmay Mukherjee (Better known as Bong Pen, writer of books and movies, and award winning screenplay writer of the 2019 Bengali movie Mahalaya) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worth-a-watch/support
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