Letting the Outside in with Baratunde Thurston

Toronto International Film Festival 2024 Recap

I covered my first Toronto International Film Festival, IRL, on September 5-15,2024. This podcast episode recaps my experience of this fantastic festival. It includes a roundtable interview with Enrique Miguel Baniqued [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12829567/], producer of my favorite TIFF film, Village Keeper, [https://tiff.net/events/village-keeper] written and directed by Karen Chapman. Subscribe to VisAbleBlackwoman on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/posts/tiff-24-piano-111876599?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link] for an exclusive: The Piano Lesson world premiere panel discussion with the cast. Includes Denzel Washington and Danielle Deadwiler Enjoy!

Tribeca Film Festival 2024- The Other, Gold

Day one of the Tribeca Film festival I met filmmakers Sharae Nikai and David Lassiter co directors of the feature film, The Other, Gold. Sharae co directed produced wrote and stars in the film which is about grief, pandemic isolation and friendship. Info on the film go to www.tribecafilm.com/films/other-gold-2024

A Chat With Dreaming Whilst Black Director Koby Adom

DREAMING WHILST BLACK is a new dramedy coming to Paramount+ and Showtime this weekend.  This week my special guest Koby Adom directed Episode two, The Reality and my personal favorite episode of the series three, The Friends   Koby Adom is a Ghanaian-British director, writer, and executive producer. Best known for his work on Netflix’s British drama Top Boy and Knoughts and Crosses which is set in South Africa. Koby Adom has worked extensively across TV and film. In 2019, Koby founded London-based DBK Studios to quote the filmmaker, and make film and TV content for untold stories, especially for black and diverse narratives.  CLICK HERE to read my interview with Koby Adom on Black Girl Nerds. CLICK HERE for my review of Dreaming Whilst Black on VisAbleBlackwoman Blog CLICK HERE to subscribe to VisAbleBlackwoman on Patreon to view the extended interview video

Letting the Outside in with Baratunde Thurston

This week, I spoke with one of my favorite thought leaders, Baratunde Thurston. His show America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston premiered last year and blew my mind.  I interviewed Baratunde for Black Girl Nerds last year and this year attended a press briefing PBS held about season two of this outstanding series. I reached out to his team to schedule a one-on-one, and they wholeheartedly said yes, so..here's our full edited conversation filmed for my podcast, VisAbleBlackwoman. CLICK HERE for info on the Ice Mermaids of Maine CLICK HERE for the book Baratunde Thurston recommended, Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman  CLICK HERE for TED talk - How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time - Baratunde Thurston Season two of America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston returns for a second season on Wednesdays, September 6-October 11, 2023, 10:00 pm EST on PBS (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS), PBS.org and the PBS App. CLICK HERE and Become a sustaining member of VisAbleBlackwoman on Patreon for extended content.

Oppenheimer: A conversation with Nuclear Disarmament Advocate Stephen Schwartz

I Wasn't Going to see Oppenheimer, but a press briefing and a conversation with an atomic scientist changed my mind. The briefing, hosted by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, and Win Without War, focused on giving journalists context on the history behind the film. The panelists Tina Cordova, Co-Founder of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, Mari Faines, and Nuclear Disarmament Advocate Stephen Schwartz, Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, shared the stories of the people we most likely won't see in the film. The Latinx men and women who cleaned nuclear waste without protection cooked and cleaned the scientist's homes in Los Alamos, Navaho uranium miners who are still fighting for the government to cover the costs of their cancer treatments. This podcast focus on my conversation with Stephen Schwartz about why The United States decided to bomb Japan instead of Germany.