June 23, 2016
EP. 81 — The Black Film Canon w/ Aisha Harris, Dan Kois
Aisha Harris (Slate staff writer) returns and brings along Dan Kois (Slate senior editor) to join Kamau and Kevin to talk about The Black Film Canon, a list of the 50 Greatest Films by Black Directors they both compiled for Slate. This is literally Black People Homework so get on this y’all!
Check out the full list here: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/cover_story/2016/05/the_50_greatest_films_by_black_directors.html
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