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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Office Hours: 2006 Oscars Reboot
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Innhold levert av Blockbuster Film School. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Blockbuster Film School eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
Oh, what a wild year 2006 was: Al Gore had just invented the internet, the Seattle SuperSonics completed their three-peat championship run, and Jennifer Lawrence was born. Does that sound completely preposterous to you?! Well wait until you listen to this episode of Office Hours when we remind you which movie won best picture at the Academy Awards. Spoiler alert: it was Crash, Scientology’s ham-fisted version of an And1 Mixtape about racism. Hop in the Blockbuster Film School DeLorean with us as we attempt to fix the past by choosing a proper winner for the Oscar. Once we upgrade our internet from 56Gore Dialup the time machine can be used for other things as well.
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Innhold levert av Blockbuster Film School. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Blockbuster Film School eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
Oh, what a wild year 2006 was: Al Gore had just invented the internet, the Seattle SuperSonics completed their three-peat championship run, and Jennifer Lawrence was born. Does that sound completely preposterous to you?! Well wait until you listen to this episode of Office Hours when we remind you which movie won best picture at the Academy Awards. Spoiler alert: it was Crash, Scientology’s ham-fisted version of an And1 Mixtape about racism. Hop in the Blockbuster Film School DeLorean with us as we attempt to fix the past by choosing a proper winner for the Oscar. Once we upgrade our internet from 56Gore Dialup the time machine can be used for other things as well.
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