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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In this episode, we are celebrating NINE WHOLE YEARS of this wacky adventure known as The Nerd Blitz with all the overcompensated fun you have come to know, dread, endure, and maybe even in some weird, self-hating, Stockholm Syndromey way, possibly enjoy? if you're into that sort of thing, so buckle the fuck up cause it's gonna be a ride, gang! The fellers start off with a dark turn explaining a childhood accident, they them dove tail that into a one-two punch of a dream smashing sandbag, following it up with a double dose of a dire warning you'd all do well to heed, and then we catch them talking about a thing that may or may not happen, nobody quite knows at this point, they also spend a good amount of time inducting the 2025 class into The Nerd Blitz Hall Of Fame. Then we wrap up by getting a bit more serious and talking about the long struggle to finish this episode and all of the bumps in the road, Doom unveils a super secret project he's been producing on with SteBoost and Josh, then Fitz is arm twisted into listening to a pitch for a show that will never happen, all the while we Some Kinda Monster this bitch, so if you've been here from the start or you just joined us last week, thanks for hangin' around, now let's get this party rollin'!
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