Within Our Gates Podcast
1) Mississippi Masala and the Cross Cultural Conundrum w/ Sudip Bhattacharya
Joining me for this episode is writer and political theorist Sudip Bhattacharya as we dig into Mira Nair's cult favorite film Mississippi Masala. We dig into its attempt to have commentary on the conu...Show More
2) Within Our Gates - Capitalism, Tech and the Artists Tools w/ Dwayne Monroe
How are the arts in the vaunted "age of tech" affected? And how do we study these effects with a materialist approach? To answer these questions I have with me Dwayne Monroe who is a technologist with...Show More
3) Decoding the False Notions of Black Hollywood w/ Chad Murdock
Is it Black Cinema or Black Hollywood? To me this is an essential question and for this reason I had to bring on Filmmaker Chad Murdock to talk about with me. We dig into a piece that Chad written cal...Show More
4) Antifascism and the Avant-Garde: Radical Documentary in the 1960s w/ Julia Alekseyeva
This week I'm joined by Julia Alekseyeva to talk their book Antifascism and the Avant- Garde: Radical Documentary in the 1960's published by University of California Press. Julia is an Assistant Prof...Show More
5) 70's Class Struggle: Analyzing Paul Schrader's Blue Collar w/ Jared Ball and Jared Ware
Peace Comrades! For this episode I am joined by two great guests who I plan to have here regularly to discuss Paul Schrader's 1978 film, Blue Collar starring Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Kei...Show More
6) Black Hollywood's Sins w/ Marcus Pinn
This week I have my dear friend Marcus Pinn from the longstanding film blog Pinnland Empire with me. Marcus and I have a more freewheeling talk focused around written pieces that come from the both of...Show More
7) Coppola's The Conversation w/Yasmin Nair
This week I'm happy to have Yasmin Nair back with me to talk about Francis Ford Coppola's classic film The Conversation. The idea came to us after the recent passing of Gene Hackman and both of us spe...Show More
8) The Cinematic Dialectic. Paul McIsaac on his work with Robert Kramer.
Very special episode this go' round. I have with me Paul McIsaac one of the principal actors in the cinema of the late great Robert Kramer. I take a tour with Paul not only about his work with Kramer,...Show More
9) Black Noir 92 Part II, Goin' Deep Cover w/ Adam Thomas
Peace Comrades! For this episode we conclude our Black Noir 92 double bill with Bill Duke's Deep Cover. Joining me again is Adam Thomas, and we dig into Duke's then timely work about the myths of the ...Show More
10) Within Our Gates - The Encampments w/ Kei Pritsker and Ben Becker
Peace Comrades! Super excited for a special episode of Within Our Gates. Joining me is Kei Pritsker and Ben Becker, two of the makers of the very important and timely documentary The Encampments; a fi...Show More