Century of Black Filmmakers Celebrated in The New Black Film Canon

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🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The Black Film Canon, published in 2016 by Slate, accumulated the 50 best films by Black filmmakers, including movies like “Do The Right Thing” and the 1920 silent film “Within Our Gates.” Thanks to films like “Moonlight” and “Get Out,” a 2023 update was due, and in collaboration with NPR The New Black Film Canon was born. The collection now includes 75 films, where they’re streaming and what made them groundbreaking. Pop Culture Happy Hour’s Aisha Harris and Slate’s Dan Kois join us to celebrate, look back and examine how “we’re now living in a different world for Black film.” Related Link(s): The New Black Film Canon Guests: Aisha Harris, host of Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Dan Kois, writer, Slate W. Kamau Bell, comedian; host, CNN's United Shades of America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.1	I'm Mina Kim.
1:19.5	Less than a year after Slate published The Black Film Canon, its list of the 50 Best
1:23.7	Films by Black Directors, the landscape blossomed with more groundbreaking movies.
1:28.5	Jordan Peel's Get Out reignited smart topical horror.
1:31.6	Barry Jenkins Moonlight took Best Picture at the Oscars.
1:34.5	That was followed by the blockbuster Black Panther and the quirky, sorry to bother you.
1:38.9	Hey, Mr. Kramer, this is Langston from Regal View.
1:42.4	So, the list got an update this year.
1:45.2	We'll talk about the additions to the new Black Film Canon after this.
2:11.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Slate Magazine published their black film canon seven years ago in 2016 when Obama was still president.
2:20.9	By the way, I would have voted for Obama for a third term if I could. And immediately, films like Jordan Peels get out, broke new ground,
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