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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The disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by New York's top court, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. The New York Court of Appeals found that prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the trial. The ruling said that meant he was tried on past behaviour and not solely on the crimes he was charged with. Weinstein, who is now 72, will remain in prison for a separate conviction for rape. He denies the allegations from Ashley Judd. The New York court reached its decision on Thursday. Read more on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/3UwZUSS Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #NewYork #HarveyWeinstein #BBCNews
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The disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by New York's top court, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. The New York Court of Appeals found that prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the trial. The ruling said that meant he was tried on past behaviour and not solely on the crimes he was charged with. Weinstein, who is now 72, will remain in prison for a separate conviction for rape. He denies the allegations from Ashley Judd. The New York court reached its decision on Thursday. Read more on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/3UwZUSS Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #NewYork #HarveyWeinstein #BBCNews
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