FILM FILOSOPHY

Georgina Lightning discusses the changes within Indigenous storytelling in Hollywood over the years and why it’s important for these films to be made directly by Indigenous people.  Recorded: July 24, 2024 Released: August 19, 2024 Film Filosophy 2024 www.filmfilosophy.com patreon.com/FilmFilosophy Instagram @film.filosophy

R.J. O’Young tackles the New Hollywood Movement of the 1970’s and how we can relate that movement’s scene of independent cinema to our current industry’s landscape. Recorded: June 5, 2024 Released: June 17, 2024 Film Filosophy 2024 www.filmfilosophy.com patreon.com/FilmFilosophy Instagram @film.filosophy

Ryan Alexander Holmes, actor and content creator known for embracing his mixed Chinese and African American heritage, explores the complexity of Intersectionality in media, and why diving into humanity is so important for the art of storytelling. Recorded: April 12, 2024 Released: May 20, 2024 Film Filosophy 2024 www.filmfilosophy.com patreon.com/FilmFilosophy Instagram @film.filosophy

Maegan Houang, writer, director, co-producer of The Sympathizer and story editor on Shōgun, tackles why it’s so important to tell forgotten stories through the medium of filmmaking, and the parallels of American history and American cinema. Recorded: November 22, 2023 Released: April 15, 2024 Film Filosophy 2024 www.filmfilosophy.com patreon.com/FilmFilosophy Instagram @film.filosophy

Linda Yvette Chávez, showrunner, director, and co-creator of Netflix’s Gentefied, talks about what it means to be placed in a cultural box, why our voices should not be limited to apply to just our own communities, and how to get people to think outside of that. Recorded: October 2, 2023 Released: March 18, 2024 Film Filosophy 2024 www.filmfilosophy.com patreon.com/FilmFilosophy Instagram @film.filosophy

Kartik Hosanagar, professor and co-founder of four different ventures, discusses why he became interested in Hollywood’s inclusion problem, and what led him to use data as a way to solve it. He also gives his prediction on how AI will impact Hollywood in the future. Recorded: October 30, 2023 Released: February 19, 2024 Film Filosophy 2024 www.filmfilosophy.com patreon.com/FilmFilosophy Instagram @film.filosophy

Tiffany Frances, writer / director / podcast co-host, gives a little background as to why she decided to start Film Filosophy in this Filosophical Minisode. Film Filosophy 2024 www.filmfilosophy.com Instagram @film.filosophy

Ashley Eakin, writer and director, discusses fighting against reductive representation in film and TV, and how she’s advocating for her community of filmmakers with disabilities to be authentically represented in their storytelling. Film Filosophy 2023 www.filmfilosophy.com Instagram @film.filosophy

Edith Rodriguez, writer and director, chats about the parallels she finds between Corporate America and our film industry, the effects of capitalism on film as a “product”, and how it can affect writers and creators.

Caroline Renard, TV and film writer and a 2023 WGA Strike Captain, discusses why this year’s writer’s strike looked so different from previous strikes, and highlights why the presence of marginalized writers have really shaken things up.

Kelvin Yu, the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Disney+ TV series “American Born Chinese”, talks about what historically underrepresented people in the film industry have to face in terms of internal struggles, what he has to face personally, and how internal obstacles are different from external ones.

Becky Morrison discusses the militarization of film: history of the ways she’s experienced militarization in the film and commercial industry from the start of her career, and how her production company, The Light, has implemented production innovation to create systemic change to counter militarization practices.

Andrew Coles tackles what systemic structures means for American film: history of how Hollywood became a systemic structure, Hollywood's progress and systemic dilemma, long term effects, and solutions & ideas for change.