S4 E20: Black Girl with Murtada Elfadl
02/27/23 • 53 min
We are joined by culture writer and critic Murtada Elfadl to talk about BLACK GIRL, the breakthrough film for director Ousmane Sembene, who is widely regarded as the "father of African cinema." Being the first Sub-Saharan African film to make a splash on the world stage, the movie was also a breakthrough for African cinema as a whole. This radical tale of a young Senegalese woman who immigrates to France to have her dreams of a better life quickly shatter before her eyes is one of only two African films to have been included in the most recent Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever made, and one of the most influential movies of our time.
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We are joined by culture writer and critic Murtada Elfadl to talk about BLACK GIRL, the breakthrough film for director Ousmane Sembene, who is widely regarded as the "father of African cinema." Being the first Sub-Saharan African film to make a splash on the world stage, the movie was also a breakthrough for African cinema as a whole. This radical tale of a young Senegalese woman who immigrates to France to have her dreams of a better life quickly shatter before her eyes is one of only two African films to have been included in the most recent Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever made, and one of the most influential movies of our time.
Keep up with Murtada and his work by follwing him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ME_Says
Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904
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Follow our twitter at https://twitter.com/criterionpod
Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw
Follow Conrado's blog cocohitsny.wordpress.com/
Follow Conrado on Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/
Listen to Conrado's other podcasts like Foreign Invader and Movie Marriage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader/id1552560225
Rachel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies
Follow Rachel's blog at rachelsreviews.net
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Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828
Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: https://www.michael-lloret.com/
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S4 E19: Pillow Talk
We celebrate Valentine's Day with Rachel's pick PILLOW TALK, a romantic comedy classic starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day as a two people caught in the no longer relevant dilemma of having to share a telephone land-line even though they're complete strangers! This technicolor, cinemascope spectacular also features Thelma Ritter and Tony Randall in supporting roles.
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Follow Conrado's blog cocohitsny.wordpress.com/
Follow Conrado on Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/
Listen to Conrado's other podcasts like Foreign Invader and Movie Marriage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader/id1552560225
Rachel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies
Follow Rachel's blog at rachelsreviews.net
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Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: https://www.michael-lloret.com/
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S4 E21: After Life
If you had to pick just one memory to encapsulate your whole life, what would you choose? Rachel and Conrado finally get to talking about Hirokazu Koreeda the celebrated Japanese filmmaker who has been mentioned on this podcast countless times but hasn't been the subject of an episode up until now! We are talking about AFTER LIFE, his evocative take on what happens when we die.
Starting March 17th, you can watch Conrado in the movie CRAM, directed by friend of the show Abie Sidell and produced by friend of the show Trevor Wallace: https://tubitv.com/movies/712946/cram
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Listen to Hallmarkies Podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828
Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw
Follow Conrado's blog cocohitsny.wordpress.com/
Follow Conrado on Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/
Listen to Conrado's other podcasts like Foreign Invader and Movie Marriage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader/id1552560225
Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: https://www.michael-lloret.com/
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