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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Ep.243: Blackenstein
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ITS ALIVE! ITS ALIVE! and it has an afro. Its Black history month so this week we're flipping the switch and bringing to life "Blackenstein". This 1973 blaxploitation horror movie seriously might just be the worst movie we've ever had on the show. "Blackenstein" looks like it was edited and put together with all the subtly and finesse of a rusty meat clever. All the usual and terrible suspects are out in full force in this film, horrid and stiff acting, abysmal writing, lazy kills, poor special effects, and a plot so filled with holes and nonsense that even Dr. Frankenstein himself couldn't stitch it all together. Oh, and I can't forget the man with a tiger leg. Yes, this movie has a man with a tiger leg.
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ITS ALIVE! ITS ALIVE! and it has an afro. Its Black history month so this week we're flipping the switch and bringing to life "Blackenstein". This 1973 blaxploitation horror movie seriously might just be the worst movie we've ever had on the show. "Blackenstein" looks like it was edited and put together with all the subtly and finesse of a rusty meat clever. All the usual and terrible suspects are out in full force in this film, horrid and stiff acting, abysmal writing, lazy kills, poor special effects, and a plot so filled with holes and nonsense that even Dr. Frankenstein himself couldn't stitch it all together. Oh, and I can't forget the man with a tiger leg. Yes, this movie has a man with a tiger leg.
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