Filminist Pod

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In episode 5 of Filminist Pod, a new podcast featuring conversations with feminists in film and TV, Alyssa sits down with April Reign, diversity and inclusion advocate, culture commentator and creator of #OscarsSoWhite, to talk April’s life pre and post the 2015 Oscars, diversity and inclusion in entertainment and beyond, mass incarceration, and much, much more. This episode is presented by Listening Party. It was recorded inside of Canal Street Radio in lower Manhattan on September 17, 2019.

Click here for a full transcript of this episode. Follow Filminist Pod on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Follow Dr. Racquel Gates on Twitter Follow Listening Party on Instagram Follow Canal Street Market on Instagram FEATURING MUSIC BY: Resistance Revival Chorus — "You Don't Own Me" READ & WATCH: Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture by Dr. Racquel J. Gates The New York Times | Why I Love Reality Television by Dr. Racquel J. Gates

In episode 4 of Filminist Pod, a new podcast featuring conversations with feminists in film and TV, Alyssa sits down with Dr. Racquel Gates—Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the College of Staten Island—to talk film and media studies, the labor history of reality TV, white face in movies, the Coming to America reboot, the power of Love & Hip-Hop and other reality shows and much, much more. This episode is presented by Listening Party. It was recorded inside of Canal Street Radio in lower Manhattan on August 14, 2019.

Click here for a full transcript of this episode. Follow Filminist Pod on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Follow Shruti Ganguly on Twitter | Instagram Follow Listening Party on Instagram Follow Canal Street Market on Instagram THEME SONG BY: Resistance Revival Chorus — "You Don't Own Me" WATCH & LISTEN: “Pather Panchali” (1955), Satyajit Ray The music of Ravi Shankar Lilly Singh on YouTube “The Farewell” (2019), Lulu Wang “Booksmart” (2019), Olivia Wilde “American Psycho” (2000), Marry Harron “One Child Nation” (2019), Nanfu Wang, Lynn Zhang

For episode 3 of Filminist Pod, a new podcast featuring conversations with feminists in film and TV, Alyssa sat down with filmmaker Shruti Ganguly to learn about Shruti's path to directing, what exactly a producer does, South Asian creatives, the power of specificity in representation and much, much more. This episode is presented by Listening Party. It was recorded inside of Canal Street Radio in lower Manhattan on August 1, 2019.

Click here for a full transcript of this episode. Follow Filminist Pod on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Follow Valerie Complex on Twitter | Instagram Follow Listening Party on Instagram Follow Canal Street Market on Instagram FEATURING MUSIC BY: Resistance Revival Chorus — "You Don't Own Me" Pose opening sequence GET INVOLVED: Support Braxton: Regenesis Retweet or quote tweet Valerie’s Braxton: Regenesis Kickstarter tweet WATCH & LISTEN: A Portrait of a Lady on Fire (coming in December...) Pose (season 1 is now streaming Netflix) Rafiki Elisa y Marcela (now streaming on Netflix) Atlantique (coming soon to Netflix…)

In episode 2 of Filminist Pod, a new podcast featuring conversations with feminists in film and TV, Alyssa sits down with one of her film writing heroes, Valerie Complex. A truly phenomenal champion of Black women in film and queer cinema, Valerie is also an Air Force veteran and, most recently, she's co-writing a comic book about a queer Black mother superhero. Tune in to hear Valerie's story firsthand of going from the military to film journalism, her recent Cannes experience, an exciting comic book writing debut, queer film and TV recommendations, the power of Pose, and much, much more! This episode is presented by Listening Party. It was recorded inside of Canal Street Radio in lower Manhattan.

In the first-ever episode of Filminist Pod, a new podcast featuring conversations with feminists in film and TV, Alyssa speaks with actor and activist Piper Perabo about playing a badass woman DJ on her new Netflix series with Idris Elba, "Turn Up Charlie", being a Tribeca Film Festival jury member, what exactly down-ballot races are and why they're so important, Rocky and Bullwinkle and much, much more. Episode artwork by Jenni Holtz | @queerxoh

  Click here for a full transcript of this episode.   Follow Filminist Pod on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Follow Piper Perabo on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook   FEATURING MUSIC BY: Resistance Revival Chorus — "You Don't Own Me" Charlie AYO aka Idris Elba — "L.U.V (feat. Shaznay Lewis)"   GET INVOLVED: Tarana Burke's Me Too Movement TIME'S UP The International Rescue Committee (IRC) The Hometown Project Untold Stories — Tribeca Film Festival   WATCH & LISTEN: Politically Re-Active Podcast Turn Up Charlie on Netflix (2019) Lost and Delirious (2001) hey! dw & That's My DJ