Episode 3: Black Hollywood (Part 1 of 2)
08/06/20 • 57 min
Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire (@Pinnland_Empire) and Zebras In America (@ZebrasPod) drops by the Gates. We discuss modern Black Hollywood and the state of the “race” film as we break down 3 current films made about race: Native Son, Waves and Queen & Slim. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode (Part 2 is exclusive for Patreon listeners)
Pinnland Empire web site: http://www.pinnlandempire.com/
Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire (@Pinnland_Empire) and Zebras In America (@ZebrasPod) drops by the Gates. We discuss modern Black Hollywood and the state of the “race” film as we break down 3 current films made about race: Native Son, Waves and Queen & Slim. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode (Part 2 is exclusive for Patreon listeners)
Pinnland Empire web site: http://www.pinnlandempire.com/
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Episode 2: Could Watermelon Man Be Made Today? (Part 1 of 2)
This week we have special guest Trevor Beaulieu of Champagne Sharks to talk about Melvin Van Peebles' under-appreciated classic 1970 film Watermelon Man. And through the lens of Watermelon Man we talk about could a film be made like this today? Does Black Hollywood look to do narratives like this anymore? And if not what is the state of Black Film today?
Show Notes:
Why Jordan Peele's Get Out fails and as an exploration of whiteness in America by Mtume Gant https://medium.com/@mtumegant/why-jordan-peeles-get-out-fails-as-an-exploration-of-whiteness-in-america-495da71e6c5
Black Spectatorship: Problems of Identification and Resistance https://academic.oup.com/screen/article-abstract/29/4/66/1646288?redirectedFrom=PDF
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Episode 4: Wilmington On Fire Feat. Christopher Everett
We sit down with Filmmaker and Producer Christopher Everett of Speller Street Films to talk about his film series Wilmington On Fire which chronicles The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 and its aftermath. We breakdown the making of it, the publics reception, chat on the current crowdfunding campaign for the second edition of the film series and also touch on the history of Black underground documentaries.
Links:
Wilmington On Fire: http://wilmingtononfire.com/about
Wilmington on Fire Crowdfunding Campaign: https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/
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Show notes:
How Filmmaker says Netflix blacklisted documentary Do Not Resist https://
www.businessinsider.com/netflix-blacklisted-do-not-resist-2016-12
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