Welcome to Filminist Pod, a new intersectional film podcast featuring conversations with women and non-binary people in film hosted by me, New York City-based journalist and social media strategist, Alyssa Klein.

For our first-ever episode, I spoke with actor and activist Piper Perabo about playing and becoming a badass woman DJ on her new Netflix series with Idris Elba, "Turn Up Charlie", what it actually means to be a jury member at the Tribeca Film Festival, what the heck a down-ballot race is and why it's so damn important, Rocky and Bullwinkle and much, much more.

Tune in and look out for more episodes coming very soon!

With filminist pride,
Alyssa

Click here to read a transcript for this episode: bit.ly/Ep01Transcript

Episode artwork by Jenni Holtz | @queerxoh
 
This episode features music by:
Resistance Revival Chorus — "You Don't Own Me"
Charlie AYO aka Idris Elba — "L.U.V (feat. Shaznay Lewis)"
 
Get involved with:
Tarana Burke's Me Too Movement: metoomvmt.org
TIME'S UP: timesupnow.com
The International Rescue Committee (IRC): rescue.org
The Hometown Project: thehometownproject.org
Untold Stories — Tribeca Film Festival: tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories
 
Watch & listen to:
Politically Re-Active Podcast: politicallyreactive.com
Turn Up Charlie on Netflix (2019)
Lost and Delirious (2001)
Imagine Me & You (2005)
hey! dw & That's My DJ: soundcloud.com/heydw_x
 
Follow Filminist Pod on social media:
twitter.com/filministpod
instagram.com/filministpod
facebook.com/filministpod
 
Follow Piper Perabo on social media:
twitter.com/piperperabo
instagram.com/piperperabo
facebook.com/piperperabo

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Ep. 1: Piper Perabo

In episode 2 of Filminist Pod, a new podcast featuring conversations with women and non-binary people in film, 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.

*** Click here for a full transcript of this episode: bit.ly/ep2script ***

Follow Filminist Pod on social media:
twitter.com/filministpod
instagram.com/filministpod
facebook.com/filministpod

Follow Valerie Complex on social media:
twitter.com/valeriecomplex
instagram.com/valerie_complex

Follow Listening Party on social media: instagram.com/listeningpartypresents

Follow Canal Street Market on social media:
nstagram.com/canalstreetmarket

EPISODE NOTES

FEATURING MUSIC BY:

Resistance Revival Chorus — "You Don't Own Me"
Pose opening sequence featuring Billy Porter

GET INVOLVED:

Support Braxton: Regenesis: kickstarter.com/projects/edwardwilliams/braxton-regenesisa-graphic-novel-by-mayke

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…)

*** Click here for a full transcript of this episode: bit.ly/ep2script ***

Ep. 2: Valerie Complex

In episode 3 of Filminist Pod, a new podcast featuring conversations with women and non-binary people in film and TV, Alyssa sits down with filmmaker Shruti Ganguly to learn about Shruti's path to directing, what exactly a producer does, South Asian creative superstars and legends, celebrating your culture on screen 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 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: bit.ly/FILMINIST3SCRIPT ****

EPISODE NOTES

Click here for a full transcript of this episode.

Follow Filminist Pod on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook: @filministpod
Follow Shruti Ganguly on Twitter | Instagram: @shrutirya
Follow Listening Party on Instagram: @listeningpartypresents
Follow Canal Street Market on Instagram: @canalstreetmarket

FEATURING MUSIC 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

**** CLICK HERE FOR EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: bit.ly/FILMINIST3SCRIPT *****

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Filminist Pod ep. 3 Shruti Ganguly

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.

EPISODE NOTES
Click here for a full transcript of this episode: https://filminist-pod.simplecast.com/episodes/dr-racquel-gates/transcript

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: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Negative-Black-Popular-Culture/dp/1478000546

The New York Times | Why I Love Reality Television by Dr. Racquel J. Gates: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/opinion/sunday/love-hip-hop-reality-television.html

Filminist Pod ep. 4 Dr. Racquel Gates

Filminist Pod is an intersectional film podcast featuring conversations with women and non-binary people in film. It's hosted by New York City-based journalist and social media strategist, Alyssa Klein (DJ_Diabeatic).

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