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Mario Golden was born in Mexico City in 1964. When he was 14 his family immigrated to South Texas. He graduated from high school as a valedictorian and attended Stanford University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a master's degree in International Development Education (SIDEC) and Teacher Education (STEP). During his time at Stanford he completed internships in clinical psychology at Miramonte Mental Health Services in Palo Alto (California) and at the Constance Bultman Wilson Center for Adolescent Psychiatry in Faribault (Minnesota). He learned about theories on social transformation, feminism, Freirian pedagogy, and sexual politics and became an activist.   In the early 1990s, Mario worked as a teacher specializing in bilingual curriculum development in the California public education system. He then worked as a trainer and counselor in the field of HIV/AIDS. In San Francisco he was a coordinator and counselor at the Hermanos de Luna y Sol Program at the Mission Neighborhood Health Center Clínica Esperanza. As an activist, he participated in various organizations and movements.  Mario began his acting training with Rob Reece, a veteran member of the Actors Studio, whose teachings concentrated on the Stanislavski method combined with psycho spiritual growth work. While in training, he founded OneHeart Productions, a non-profit theater company. In New York City he continued training under the tutelage of Actors Studio veteran Alba Oms. As an actor, he has won accolades and several awards. During this time, Mario gained an interest in playwriting, and began studying with Yale University School of Drama alumnus Allen Davis, III. He then joined the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater as a member and co-director of the Professional Playwrights Unit. His plays have been staged in New York, Berlin, Münster, San Francisco, and Mexico City. In 1998, Mario wrote and co-starred in the feature-length screenplay, Del Otro Lado, with Gustavo Cravioto. The movie premiered in 1999 at the International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in San Francisco. It was screened in other countries, including the First Lesbian and Gay Film Festival of San Francisco in Mexico City. In 2018, Mario published Semillas, a Spanish language novel about a young gay revolutionary. The book has been received enthusiastically by readers. For over 30 years Mario has contributed to the healing and growth of countless individuals, couples, families and communities. This includes innovative work with marginalized populations focused on empowering psychological and cultural transitions in order to make positive adjustments towards a freer and more genuine life. As a psychospiritual teacher and counselor, through his School of Mysteries, he offers counseling services, training, facilitation, and tools in areas of self-awareness, interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, empowerment, and community development. Mario is married to German theater director and journalist Andreas Robertz. He lives in New York City. MARIO IS A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ABUSE AS A CHILD  You can contact Mario at: www.theschoolofmysteries.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ozzie-stewart/support

Today on FNI Wrapchat PBL chats with Greg Thorpe. @paulbutlerlennox @TheGregling. Greg is director of the Gaze Film Festival he is also a creative producer, writer, curator and artist. Since 2008 Greg has been involved in all manner of creative things, including club nights, cabaret, publishing, creative activism, live literature, dance recitals, film screenings, theatre, performance, visual arts and more.  As well as making and curating, he also devises and host workshops aimed at creative practitioners, including guidance for arts freelancers and creatives.  I also mentor artists who are developing new work, remotely and in person.  As well as my one-off creative ventures, he is the Creative Director for Superbia, Manchester Pride's year-round programme of LGBT+ cultural activity. ABOUT GAZE Established in 1992, the festival's mission is to advance equality and promote visibility of LGBTQ+ experiences by showcasing and celebrating these narratives on screen. Formerly known as the Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, GAZE International Film Festival celebrates LGBTQ+ storytelling. It runs in Dublin from wed 28th September – 15th October 2022 GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival  30th Anniversary Special Dublin | 28th September – 15th October 2022 This year GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary of film programming in Dublin. Beginning life as a lesbian and gay film club at the IFI in the early 1990s, the festival has since evolved into Ireland's pre-eminent LGBTQ+ film event. To celebrate this incredible milestone, the festival has an expanded programme of screenings for 2022 to share more exciting film work in new spaces for new audiences, including gallery screenings and a revamped GAZE Online offering for the whole of Ireland. The core cinema season will form the heart of the festival as always, taking place from Wednesday 28th September to Sunday 2nd October at both the IFI and Light House. Visit https://www.gaze.ie/ for tickets and information. @GAZEfilmfest FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support Film Network Ireland at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join our mentors initiative with Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/mentors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on FNI Wrapchat PBL chats with Greg Thorpe. @paulbutlerlennox @TheGregling. Greg is director of the Gaze Film Festival he is also a creative producer, writer, curator and artist. Since 2008 Greg has been involved in all manner of creative things, including club nights, cabaret, publishing, creative activism, live literature, dance recitals, film screenings, theatre, performance, visual arts and more.  As well as making and curating, he also devises and host workshops aimed at creative practitioners, including guidance for arts freelancers and creatives.  I also mentor artists who are developing new work, remotely and in person.  As well as my one-off creative ventures, he is the Creative Director for Superbia, Manchester Pride's year-round programme of LGBT+ cultural activity. ABOUT GAZE Established in 1992, the festival's mission is to advance equality and promote visibility of LGBTQ+ experiences by showcasing and celebrating these narratives on screen. Formerly known as the Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, GAZE International Film Festival celebrates LGBTQ+ storytelling. It runs in Dublin from wed 28th September – 15th October 2022 GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival  30th Anniversary Special Dublin | 28th September – 15th October 2022 This year GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary of film programming in Dublin. Beginning life as a lesbian and gay film club at the IFI in the early 1990s, the festival has since evolved into Ireland's pre-eminent LGBTQ+ film event. To celebrate this incredible milestone, the festival has an expanded programme of screenings for 2022 to share more exciting film work in new spaces for new audiences, including gallery screenings and a revamped GAZE Online offering for the whole of Ireland. The core cinema season will form the heart of the festival as always, taking place from Wednesday 28th September to Sunday 2nd October at both the IFI and Light House. Visit https://www.gaze.ie/ for tickets and information. @GAZEfilmfest FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support Film Network Ireland at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join our mentors initiative with Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/mentors/

Tonight we're chatting with Erica Friedman, author of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga. It's been called “the untold story of lesbian love in Japanese anime and comics.”About the AuthorErica Friedman is the founder of Yuricon community, and was the first publisher of Yuri manga in English, with ALC Publishing. She holds a Masters Degree in Library Science and a B.A. in Comparative Literature, and is a full-time researcher for a Fortune 100 company. She has lectured at dozens of conventions and presented at film festivals, notably the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. She has participated in an academic lecture series at MIT, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard University, Kanagawa University, and others. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda's epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles. Erica has written about Yuri for Japanese literary journal Eureka, Animerica magazine, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Dark Horse, and contributed to Forbes, Slate, Huffington Post, Hooded Utilitarian, The Mary Sue, Anime Herald, and Anime News Network online. She has written news and event reports, interviews Yuri creators and reviews Yuri anime, manga and related media on her blog Okazu since 2002 and is the author of By Your Side: The First 100 Year of Yuri Anime and Manga, coming out in June 2022 from Journey Press.

Tonight we're chatting with Erica Friedman, author of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga. It's been called “the untold story of lesbian love in Japanese anime and comics.”About the AuthorErica Friedman is the founder of Yuricon community, and was the first publisher of Yuri manga in English, with ALC Publishing. She holds a Masters Degree in Library Science and a B.A. in Comparative Literature, and is a full-time researcher for a Fortune 100 company. She has lectured at dozens of conventions and presented at film festivals, notably the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. She has participated in an academic lecture series at MIT, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard University, Kanagawa University, and others. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda's epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles. Erica has written about Yuri for Japanese literary journal Eureka, Animerica magazine, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Dark Horse, and contributed to Forbes, Slate, Huffington Post, Hooded Utilitarian, The Mary Sue, Anime Herald, and Anime News Network online. She has written news and event reports, interviews Yuri creators and reviews Yuri anime, manga and related media on her blog Okazu since 2002 and is the author of By Your Side: The First 100 Year of Yuri Anime and Manga, coming out in June 2022 from Journey Press.

I sin första dokumentärfilm; Väninnor – berättelser från garderoben som gjordes tillsammans med Nina Bergström 1996 porträtterade Sander C. Neant Falk lesbiska i åldrarna 60 till 85 år. Filmen blev den första lesbiska dokumentären som gick upp på svenska biografer. I nästa dokumentär satte Sander videokameror i händerna på queera tonåringar som filmade sina liv. Det blev guldbaggebelönade Du ska nog se att det går över. En pärla till film, som numera går att se via bibliotekens streamingsajt Cineasterna. Ytterligare några år senare gjorde Neant Falk den meditativa konstfilmen Your Mind is Bigger than All the Supermarkets in the World, efter att ha studerat på Konstfack. I det här avsnittet av SAQMI Play möter vi Sander C. Neant Falk, dokumentärfilmare, klippare, konstnär och pedagog verksam sedan 90-talet efter utbildning på filmskolan ESRA i Paris och dokumentärfilm på Biskops Arnö Nordens Folkhögskola i ett samtal med Malin Holgersson och Anna Linder. Avsnittet har fått stöd av Göteborgs Stads kulturnämnd - Projektstöd Pronto Biografi: Sander C. Neant Falk är dokumentärfilmare, klippare, konstnär och pedagog verksam sedan 90-talet efter utbildning på filmskolan ESRA i Paris, dokumentärfilm på Nordens Biskops Arnö och Konstfack. Neant Falk har regisserat, producerat och till stor del fotat och klippt sina tre långa dokumentärer som visats på biograf, SVT och vunnit flera priser på internationella filmfestivaler. Filmen Du ska nog se att det går över belönades med en Guldbagge för bästa dokumentär och fick hedersomnämnande av internationella filmkritikerförbundet FIPRESCI. Filmen Väninnor – berättelser från garderoben hyllades av kritiker och var den första lesbiska dokumentärfilmen som gick upp på svenska biografer. Båda filmerna ingår i Svenska Filminstitutets satsning på viktig svensk film som digitaliseras under 2021. 2005-08 studerade Neant Falk som filmare på Konstfack för att utforska ett mer experimentellt förhållningssätt till film, foto, video och klippning. Resultatet blev konstfilmen Your Mind is Bigger than All the Supermarkets in the World som fick fina recensioner och visades i fullsatta salonger på Folkets Bio. Sedan 2017 varvar Neant Falk egna konst och kortfilmsprojekt med arbete som terapeut med fokus på skapande processer och arbete som värd och konstpedagog på Konsthall C i Stockholm. Filmografi: 1996 – Väninnor - berättelser från garderoben - dokumentärfilm, 2003 - Du ska nog se att det går över, dokumentärfilm, 2010 - Your Mind is Bigger than All the Supermarkets in the World, dokumentärfilm, 2011 - Nine Speeches on Violence by Three Wise Men, konstfilm, The Cleansing Ceremony med Nya Konstnärsklubben, 2018- Om filmerna: Väninnor - berättelser från garderoben, 1996, 53 min De är fem kvinnor i åldrarna 60 till 85 år och de är lesbiska. De har levt med rädslan att vara annorlunda och med risken att förskjutas av vänner, släktingar och arbetskamrater.I åratal har de smugit med sina känslor; dubbelliv har varit deras vardag. Någon av dem har aldrig tidigare talat om sin homosexualitet ens med sina närmaste. Med stark närvaro och sprängkraft berättar de fem kvinnorna om sina liv och om sin förbjudna kärlek. Tidstypisk musik, pressklipp, arkivbilder och privata fotografier illustrerar deras berättelser i denna varmt innerliga dokumentärfilm. Väninnor hyllades av kritikerkåren när den fick sin premiär under mitten av 90-talet, men har sedan dess varit otillgänglig för publiken. Nu har filmen äntligen digitaliserats och får lov att återta den framskjutna plats i queerhistorien den så väl förtjänar. Regissör: Sander C. Neant Falk & Nina Bergström Medverkande: Abbe Österberg, Boel Matthis, Ellen Lindström, Frieda Lööv och Kerstin Hammarsten Filmfotografer: Lisa Hagstrand och Maria Hammar Turos Producent: Anna G Magnúsdottír Biografpremiär: Zita, Folkets Bio i Stockholm, 25 oktober 1996. Land: Sverige, barntillåten. Språk: Svenska. Längd: 53 min Festivaler i urval: 1997: 13 Festival Internacional de Cine de mar del Plata, Argentina, Verzaubert Film Festival, Germany, Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, Images et Nations – Montreal Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Canada, 21 st san Francisco International L&G Film Festival, USA, OUTFEST- Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, USA, Seattle International Film Festival USA, New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, USA, Boston Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, USA, Skeive Filmer – Oslo Lesbian & Gay Film Festval, Norway, Gothenburg Film Festival, Sweden. Awards: OUTstanding Documentary Feature Award 1997 Award from the Grand Jury of OUTFEST Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Film Festival, The RFSU Award 1997 RFSU; the National Swedish Organisation for Health and Sexual Education, Tupilak Culture Award 1997, Tupilak; the Association for Scandinavian Homosexual Culture, The Pink Room Prize 1997 Award given by the Swedish National Lesbian & Gay Association The Homosexual Rose of 1996, Award from Gothenburg Lesbian & Gay Association. Du ska nog se att det går över, 2003, 74 min Det var när My blev kär i Scully i Arkiv X som hon förstod att hon gillade tjejer. Ingen annan fick veta så klart. För hur ska man som 14-åring berätta för hela släkten och kompisarna att man är lesbisk? Fast hur ska man kunna låta bli? "Finns du tjej som dras till både killar och tjejer?" Som fjortonåring satte regissören Cecilia Neant-Falk in en kontaktannons i tidningen OKEJ 1985. Det kom svar från hela landet. Femton år senare satte hon in samma annons igen. My, Joppe och Natalie var tre av de 80 tjejer som svarade... "Du ska nog se att det går över" har spelats in under 4 år och är resultatet av ett unikt projekt med material direkt från tonårsgarderobens dunklaste vrår. My, Joppe och Natalie har låst dörren, slagit på kameran och berättat allt. Om mamma och pappa som inget vet, om NO-läraren som säger att det är fel i generna på homosexuella, om att bo i ett samhälle där alla vet allt om alla. Om Fucking Åmål, fast på riktigt! Om att växa upp som homoagent i en heterovärld. Filmen är ett djärvt collage av tekniker och medier som DV-cam, gamla arkivbilder och Super 8 vilka ackompanjeras av ett digert soundtrack med artister som Stina Nordenstam, Ani Di Franco och Eva Dahlgren. Åskådaren bjuds in i ett brokigt tonårs-landskap av rädsla, ilska, utanförskap, men framförallt av mod och lust. Det handlar om att våga lita till sin egen vilja och känsla. Att ta den på allvar även när det betyder att trotsa omgivningen och dess konventioner. IDE MANUS REGI: Cecilia Neant-Falk MEDVERKANDE: Natalie Durbeej, Johanna "Joppe" Svensson, My Sörensson REGIASSISTENTER: Joakim Rindå, Åsa Ekman, Jenny Sahlström FOTO: Cecilia Neant-Falk & Camilla Hjelm, Astrid Askberger KLIPP: Josef Nyberg & Cecilia Neant-Falk FINKLIPPNING: Berit Ljungstedt LJUD: Marcus Sötterman GRAFISK FORM: David Giese PRODUCENT: Cecilia Neant-Falk / Riot Reel AB I SAMPRODUKTION MED: Mette Heide / Team Production ApS (Danmark), Ulla Simonen / Kinotar OY (Finland), SVT Dokumentär, Film i Värmland, YLE TV1 MED STÖD AV: Svenska Filminstitutet / Filmkonsulent Göran Olsson / Hjalmar Palmgren, Det Danske Filminstitut, Konstnärsnämnden, Folkhälsoinstitutet, AVEK, Nordisk Film- & TV Fond LÄNGD OCH FORMAT: 74 min, 35 mm(1:1.33), VHS, färg, Dolby SR LJUD: Dolby SR DISTRIBUTION: Folkets bio COPYRIGHT RIOT REEL 2003 Festivaler i urval: 2003: Gothenburg Film Festival, Sweden, Outfest, Los Angeles, USA, Kombat Queer & Feminist Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, Berlin Lesbian Film Festival, Germany, Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Germany, Bergen Film Festival, Norway, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany, Mix Brasil, Brazil 2004: Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Australia, Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil, France, London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, UK, Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada, Queer Zagreb, Croatia, Brussels Pink Screens, Belgium, Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, Canada, Barcelona International Women's Film Festival, Spain. Awards: Guldbagge Award for Best Documentary 2003 (Swedish national film award), FIPRESCI Special Mention, Sydney Film Festival, 2003, Prix AFJ (Association des Femmes Journalistes), Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil, 2004, Torino Audience Award 2004, Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Italy, Torino Jury´s Special mention 2004 Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Italy, FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique), Awarded A Special Mention to: Don't You Worry It Will Probably Pass/ Du Ska Nog se att Det Går Över by Cecilia Neant-Falk (Sweden 2003) "For its fresh vision of adolescence and its generosity in granting the right of authorship to its subjects". / Jury member B. Ruby Rich YOUR MIND IS BIGGER THAN ALL THE SUPERMARKETS IN THE WORLD - Some guidance for a lost Westerner, 2010, 73 min Cecilia: Åh, jag har stora frågor till dig! Upul: Hur stora? Som Mount Everest? Cecilia: Ska jag ta den största först Upul: Ja, ja… Cecilia: Vad är meningen med livet? Upul: Oj…! 2004 reser regissören och konstnären Cecilia Neant Falk till Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre på Sri Lanka, där hon möter meditationsläraren Upul Nishanta Gamage. Sedan dess har Cecilia återvänt till Nilambe varje år, alltid med kamera och mikrofon. Det pågående samtalet mellan Cecilia och Upul, som äger rum varje eftermiddag kl. 16.30 tar oss med på en existentiell resa. Här får Cecilias frågor – om rastlöshet, tid, minne, relationer, lycka, depression, Upuls jordnära svar från ett buddhistiskt filosofiskt perspektiv. Deras röster ackompanjeras av det tropiska landskapets fåglar och insekter i en rofylld filmsekvens med en skog, ett berg och en trädgård. Your Mind is Bigger than all the Supermarkets in the World är en 73 minuters stillsam resa där den största dramatiken är de tankegångar som sätts igång inom betraktaren. En film som ger energi och öppnar sinnet för nya tankebanor. "Som i en själslig dusch kliver jag in i salongen där Neant Falks film visas, låter ögat vila mot den grönskande bergssluttningen. Jag hör vindens sus och ser ett grässtrå beröras av en pust, i fjärran en bil som letar sig fram längs bergets fot. Genom Upul Nishantas lugna ord hör jag snart också något mer: mina egna djupa andetag, påminns om min egen puls. Tillsammans med den övriga publiken delar jag en stunds vila och med ny höjd i tankarna möter jag världen utanför igen.” Joakim Rindå Premiärdatum: 7 mars 2010 Regissör & manus: Cecilia Neant Falk Land: Sverige (inspelad på Sri Lanka) Produktionsår: 2010 Produktionsbolag: Riot Reel & Bokomotiv AB Medverkande: Medtiationsläraren Upul Nishanta Gamage & Regissören Cecilia Neant Falk Längd: 73 min Producenter: Cecilia Neant Falk & Freddy Olsson Foto: Johan Rydberg & Cecilia Neant Falk Ljudmix: Owe Svensson Copyright: Cecilia Neant Falk Genre: Experimentell dokumentär Bildformat: 16:9, Färg Ljudformat: 5.1 Språk: engelska Textningsspråk: svenska & engelsk Översättning: Agneta Wirberg Textmakarna Distribution: Folkets Bio AB Extra material: Trailer: Your Mind is Bigger than all the Supermarkets in the World Sveriges Radio - Människor och tro: Kvartsamtal med Cecilia Neant Falk. Publicerat fredag 5 februari 2010 kl 15.48. Credits SAQMI Play: Producenter: Anna Linder och Malin Holgersson Design och kod: Vincent Orback Komposition: Amanda Lindgren Klipp och mix: Malin Holgersson Ansvarig utgivare: Anna Linder SAQMI Play produceras med stöd av Kulturrådet och Göteborgs stad.

Happy Pride Month, everyone! For our 2021 Pride podcast, Tori and Sully have a chat with yuri researcher and Yuricon founder Erica Friedman! Erica goes into the development of her upcoming book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Manga & Anime, what it took to trace the history of yuri as a genre across a whole century of material, what excites her about yuri fandom today, and Sailor Moon (of course!)  Erica holds a Masters Degree in Library Science and a B.A. in Comparative Literature, and is a full-time researcher for a Fortune 100 company. She has lectured at dozens of conventions and presented at film festivals, notably the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. She has participated in an academic lecture series at MIT, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Harvard University, Kanagawa University, and others. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda's epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles. Visit Erica's website here! If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://linktr.ee/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Stitcher | Podbean Support on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Tristan Taormino welcomes veteran anti-racist activist Jordan Flaherty to discuss his book No More Heroes: Grassroots Responses to the Savior Mentality. No More Heroes traces "savior mentality” in pop culture, politics, non-profits, and major events including Batman, Teach for America, the flood of young white activists to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and Project ROSE. We talk about how white saviors often begin with good intentions and where it goes wrong as well as how different grassroots responses can both help people on the ground and challenge the oppressive systems that undergird racism, poverty, and inequity. Quote: “I don’t believe you can get rich while doing good. Wealth and justice are mutually exclusive.” Plus, we talk about his newest short film on the community of resistance behind New Orleans’ historic protests including members of Southern Solidarity. Jordan Flaherty is an award-winning journalist, producer, and author. He has appeared as a guest on a wide range of television and radio shows. He is the author of the books No More Heroes: Grassroots Responses to the Savior Mentality and Floodlines: Community and Resistance From Katrina to the Jena Six and has produced television documentaries and news reports for Democracy Now, teleSUR, The Laura Flanders Show, and Al Jazeera, including as a producer on the Emmy, Peabody, and duPont award-winning program Fault Lines on Al Jazeera. Jordan’s print journalism has been featured in dozens of major publications around the world. Jordan has produced award-winning fiction films, documentaries, music videos, and news reports, and his reporting and analysis has been published in several anthologies, including Live From Palestine, What Lies Beneath: Katrina, Race and the State of the Nation; What is a City; Red State Rebels; Bury The Dead. He has appeared as an actor in HBO's television series Treme playing himself. He produced the fiction film Chocolate Babies, which won best picture awards at South by Southwest and New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

NY Times Article on Ed's Decision to Leave ESPNhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/sports/espn-ed-cunningham-football-concussions.amp.html Jerry’s Last MissionA documentary about fighter pilot Jerry Yellin who flew the last combat mission of World War II over Japan and returned home a hero, but led a dark life of survivor’s guilt and daily thoughts of suicide. Married with four sons, Yellin was forced to face his enemy once again when his youngest son moved to Japan and married the daughter of a Kamikaze pilot.   -Jerry’s obituary - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jerry-yellin-fighter-pilot-in-last-combat-mission-of-world-war-ii-dies-at-93/2017/12/21/cab156be-e6a3-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html -Jerry Yellin is a celebrated and beloved WWII Hero and Pilot with a story that is inspirational and very timely. While directly dealing with PTSD and how difficult Jerry’s life was, especially growing up a Jewish American during the Depression, the film also honors the difficult job Jerry had, and so many Americans have, in fighting wars. In his full journey, Jerry had come to fully embrace and finally speak out about his suffering and choosing peace and reconciliation over war while also remaining a very proud “Military Man” right to the end.  -Veterans and those close to Veterans and their care have been incredibly moved and expressed how much they felt all Vets and their families should see this film during the test screening process. We have connected with multiple non-profit and Gov’t agencies, including the VA, and several Jewish non-profits to align all of Jerry’s goodwill with every level of Vets, the Military, Pilot’s Associations, etc. as Jerry is a rock star in these worlds, and they would all love to help the rest of the world get to know him.   -Jerry is Jewish and suffered from horrible anti-Semitism while growing up, and the test screenings for people in the Jewish community, especially those who have relatives/family tied to WWII or Vets, have been incredibly uplifting. Jerry is a true (Jewish) American Hero who overcame the horrible wreckage of both racism and the ravages war to live an inspiring and meaningful life. -The film sees our war with Japan (in which Jerry fought) ultimately from “both sides” - Jerry’s full journey took him (and the film) back to Japan, where he was able to finally see the Japanese as humans and ultimately bond in a way that is almost too good to be true. They literally became a part of his family.  Director, Writer, Producer - Louisa Merino     Louisa studied Documentary Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy where her thesis film, LIFELINE, attracted subjects that ranged from an Oscar winning writer and director team, to Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. Her film FAMILIES LIKE MINE was selected as part of Mexico’s Women in Film and Television Showcase for 2013, among other festivals worldwide; and her film LIFELINE was part of the official selection of the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival for 2013. Louisa has been the subject of news articles and several television and radio interviews aired across Mexico and in parts of the US, including CNN. She taught film editing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Art and Film” course in New York City and has worked as Consultant, Senior Editor and Story Producer for the David Lynch Foundation for over six years.Producer, Writer - Melissa Hibbard                  Melissa’s films have premiered at Venice, Sundance, Toronto, Tribeca, and IDFA film festivals, won international awards and have been televised on networks, including PBS, Sundance Channel, IFC, Channel 4, BBC, DR2, and Al Jazeera. Recently she collaborated on an illustrated translation and adaptation of Persian mythology called SHAHNAMEH: THE EPIC OF THE PERSIAN KINGS (2013) as the Editorial Director, which the Wall Street Journal lauded as a “masterpiece.” From 2013-2015, she was the executive producer of the 75 episode political satire web series POLETIK with a weekly audience of over 1.5 million viewers around the world. Producer, Writer - Ed Cunningham Ed (imdb & wiki) is a former NFL player who has produced the Oscar winning documentary Undefeated, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters – Sports Illustrated movie of the year – and the brand funded TV and web film series H*Commerce: The Business of Hacking You – which won three Effie awards for effective advertising. On air, Cunningham spent over twenty years as a radio host, television reporter and commentator, starting his network career at CBS and recently retiring from ESPN/ABC where he commented on college football. 

With Mark Lawson. Blue Is The Warmest Colour won the top prize, the Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, but was quickly mired in controversy when the actresses Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopolous complained about gruelling love scenes which took days to film. Subsequently, the director Abdellatif Kechiche said that the movie should not be released, as it had been sullied by accusations that it was a "horrible" shoot. Briony Hanson, a former programmer of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival delivers her verdict. Last Tango in Halifax won the 2013 Bafta for Best Drama Series and went on to be broadcast in America to great acclaim. Series two begins tonight on BBC One and picks up where we left Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid's reunited childhood sweethearts. Writer Sally Wainwright discusses how she approached the follow-up. With news today that film producers are to make a sequel to the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life", film critic Mark Eccleston explores some other surprising and unlikely film sequels. Writer Jez Butterworth and director Ian Rickson had one of the biggest critical hits of the last decade with their 2008 play Jerusalem. Now they have returned to the work which set light to their careers in 1995, Mojo. The new West End production of Mojo stars Rupert Grint, Brendan Coyle and Ben Whishaw as gangsters in 1950s Soho. Jez Butterworth and Ian Rickson discuss Mojo, Jerusalem and two decades of working together. Producer: Ellie Bury.

This week the boys are all about Pride, and happy that the Vatican has a Rent Boy Ring. Proud of Bert and Ernie who are officially out by the New Yorker and Proud for  Cockyboys and their new video that will be at a Gay Film Festival near you. Check next week with a new podcast with Reviews and letters from the peanut gallery (or what we call the big nut gallery). Stay Hard!

From the Delegates Centre at the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival talking to Ben Walters about his festival film Burn. Baylen has a run in with a leather master, while Amy and Lucio are Pope Positive. Plus all the GayStarNews including why Birmingham City Council wants to know if your rubbish is gay.

We are at the Press Launch of the 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival! Talking to the Festival Director, Programmers, and Film Makers about what we can look forward to in this years festival. Plus GayStarNews, Turkey declares Gay sex natural, and shocking homophobia at a Manchester Uni.

This week Baylen throws his back out, Amy causes a Twitter storm, and Lucio discovers his true calling as a nurse. Plus the team are back at the BFI for the finale of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, talking to programmer Brian Robinson and film maker Charles Lum about how this year's festival went. Also gay music video marriage proposal, Gay Dolphins, and why this year's Olympics will be the gayest EVAH!

Activist and rising media personality Calpernia Addams was in London for a showing of her short film "Casting Pearls" and a panel on media representation at the Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. In this in-depth interview she talks about growing up, the murder of her boyfriend Barry Winchell, her blossoming career and the representations of trans people in film and on TV. Just click on the "Listen Now" control below to hear the interview online, without the need for any special software. Alternatively the "Play in Popup" option allows you to listen the same way but carry on browsing. Calpernia's web site http://www.calpernia.com/ has all the latest details of her work and, when you visit her site, you can watch the You Tube video of "Stunning", her first single, which begins and ends this episode. As a complement to this item I'd like to recommend another Podcast interview with US trans activist Jamison Green, talking at length about what drives trans people.