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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SUMMER RERUN: Tea and Sympathy
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SUMMER RERUNS! A number of our listeners have expressed frustration that some of our earlier episodes have dropped off the feed, so while we’re on summer hiatus we thought we’d rerun some of our favourites from the beginning of our BGM journey! Journey back to 2014 and Episode 18 when we talked about Vincente Minnelli’s […]
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