Podcast appearances and mentions of Melvin Van Peebles

In the thirty-first episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by filmmaker Daniel Lopez and cinephile Alejandro Etcheagaray to discuss the mixture of avant-garde formalism, black nationalist attitude, and revolutionary politics that created the explosive and rebellious statement of black power, autonomy, and survival in Melvin Van Peebles' radical Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).

Mario Van Peebles was in London in early February along with his son, Mandela. And the pair stopped by for a long chat about their work, their latest film - Outlaw Posse - and a whole lot more. In this chat, topics include Jaws: The Revenge, the role of a producer, Melvin Van Peebles, the hidden names in the end credits of Outlaw Posse, New Jack City and a whole lot more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, K introduces Warren to their new favorite director, screenwriter, and playwright, Melvin Van Peebles by way of the musical "Don't Play us Cheap". We briefly talk about Melvin Van Peebles' amazing life, we discuss metaphorical cannibalism (it makes sense in context), and Warren learns about The Screwtape Letters. Remember folks, "If you see a devil, SMASH HIM!" Promo: One Mic Black History Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor's Fund, and the Artist's Relief Tree to find out how you can help local theatres! Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  Join the Podcast Nexus (formerly Cast Junkie discord) and help support indie podcasts at https://discord.gg/ajPg3JSg6e. Follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, Tumblr, and Facebadger @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com

“I think as humans, we forget. We are often limited by our own stereotypes, and we don't see that in everyone there's the potential for beauty and love and all these things. And I think The Architecture of Oppression, both parts one and two, are really a reflection of all the community and civil rights work that I've been doing for the same amount of time, really - 25 years. And I wanted to try and mix my day job and my music side, so bringing those two sides of my life together. I wanted to create a platform for black artists, black singers, and poets who I really admire. Jermain is somebody I've worked with for probably about six, seven years now. He's also in the trenches of the black civil rights struggle. We worked together on a number of projects, but it was very interesting to then work with Jemain in a purely artistic capacity. And it was a no-brainer to give Anthony a call for this second album because I know of his pedigree, and he's much more able to put ideas and thoughts on paper than I would be able to.”Jake Ferguson is an award-winning musician known for his work with The Heliocentrics and as a solo artist under the name The Brkn Record. Alongside legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has composed two film scores and over 10 albums, collaborating with icons like Archie Shepp, Mulatu Astatke, and Melvin Van Peebles. His latest album is The Architecture of Oppression Part 2. The album also features singer and political activist Jermain Jackman, a former winner of The Voice (2014) and the T.S. Eliot Prize winning poet and musician, Anthony Joseph.www.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

“I think as humans, we forget. We are often limited by our own stereotypes, and we don't see that in everyone there's the potential for beauty and love and all these things. And I think The Architecture of Oppression, both parts one and two, are really a reflection of all the community and civil rights work that I've been doing for the same amount of time, really - 25 years. And I wanted to try and mix my day job and my music side, so bringing those two sides of my life together. I wanted to create a platform for black artists, black singers, and poets who I really admire. Jermain is somebody I've worked with for probably about six, seven years now. He's also in the trenches of the black civil rights struggle. We worked together on a number of projects, but it was very interesting to then work with Jemain in a purely artistic capacity. And it was a no-brainer to give Anthony a call for this second album because I know of his pedigree, and he's much more able to put ideas and thoughts on paper than I would be able to.”Jake Ferguson is an award-winning musician known for his work with The Heliocentrics and as a solo artist under the name The Brkn Record. Alongside legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has composed two film scores and over 10 albums, collaborating with icons like Archie Shepp, Mulatu Astatke, and Melvin Van Peebles. His latest album is The Architecture of Oppression Part 2. The album also features singer and political activist Jermain Jackman, a former winner of The Voice (2014) and the T.S. Eliot Prize winning poet and musician, Anthony Joseph.www.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

How can music challenge systemic oppression and bring about social change? How can we envision alternative paths while avoiding the pitfalls of past paradigms?Jake Fergusonis an award-winning musician known for his work with The Heliocentrics and as a solo artist under the name The Brkn Record. Alongside legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has composed two film scores and over 10 albums, collaborating with icons like Archie Shepp, Mulatu Astatke, and Melvin Van Peebles. His latest album is The Architecture of Oppression Part 2. The album also features singer and political activist Jermain Jackman, a former winner of The Voice (2014) and the T.S. Eliot Prize winning poet and musician, Anthony Joseph.“I think as humans, we forget. We are often limited by our own stereotypes, and we don't see that in everyone there's the potential for beauty and love and all these things. And I think The Architecture of Oppression, both parts one and two, are really a reflection of all the community and civil rights work that I've been doing for the same amount of time, really - 25 years. And I wanted to try and mix my day job and my music side, so bringing those two sides of my life together. I wanted to create a platform for black artists, black singers, and poets who I really admire. Jermain is somebody I've worked with for probably about six, seven years now. He's also in the trenches of the black civil rights struggle. We worked together on a number of projects, but it was very interesting to then work with Jemain in a purely artistic capacity. And it was a no-brainer to give Anthony a call for this second album because I know of his pedigree, and he's much more able to put ideas and thoughts on paper than I would be able to.”www.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

“I think as humans, we forget. We are often limited by our own stereotypes, and we don't see that in everyone there's the potential for beauty and love and all these things. And I think The Architecture of Oppression, both parts one and two, are really a reflection of all the community and civil rights work that I've been doing for the same amount of time, really - 25 years. And I wanted to try and mix my day job and my music side, so bringing those two sides of my life together. I wanted to create a platform for black artists, black singers, and poets who I really admire. Jermain is somebody I've worked with for probably about six, seven years now. He's also in the trenches of the black civil rights struggle. We worked together on a number of projects, but it was very interesting to then work with Jemain in a purely artistic capacity. And it was a no-brainer to give Anthony a call for this second album because I know of his pedigree, and he's much more able to put ideas and thoughts on paper than I would be able to.”Jake Ferguson is an award-winning musician known for his work with The Heliocentrics and as a solo artist under the name The Brkn Record. Alongside legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has composed two film scores and over 10 albums, collaborating with icons like Archie Shepp, Mulatu Astatke, and Melvin Van Peebles. His latest album is The Architecture of Oppression Part 2. The album also features singer and political activist Jermain Jackman, a former winner of The Voice (2014) and the T.S. Eliot Prize winning poet and musician, Anthony Joseph.www.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

Donna Pescow is a film, television and theater actor, director and producer with a career spanning five decades . She was born and raised in Brooklyn NY, graduated from New York's prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Shortly after graduation she was cast as Annette in the iconic film SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977), and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle. She followed that up with her starring role in the sitcom Angie (1979), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Female Performer on a New Television Program. In addition, she starred in the long running sitcom Out of This World (1987) and the popular sitcom Even Stevens (2000) for which she was nominated for three Emmy Awards. Early on she appeared in the soaps One Life to Live, All My Children and General Hospital. Other tv credits include The Flash, Clueless, NYPD Blue, Pauly, Ivory Tower, New Girl, Truth Be Told, Welcome to Chippendales, The Sopranos, and most recently Grey's Anatomy. Donna's other film credits include JAKE SPEED, PARTNERS, CAROL OF THE BELLS, and ORANGE SHERBERT. And her NY, LA, and regional stage credits include, Love Letters, Rest in Pieces, Isn't It Romantic, Grease, Guys & Dolls, Promises, Promises, Melvin Van Peebles' production of Body Bags, and her own successful cabaret act that she performed at New York's Les Mouches, East Hampton's John Drew Theatre and LA's Canon Theatre. What an absolute thrill to chat with Donna about her childhood, early inspirations and early career; her portrayal of "Annette" in the iconic film SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, the film's popularity, her thoughts on John Travolta, and the Bee Gees soundtrack; her sitcom ANGIE; working on soap operas; and so much more, including my idea for a SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER sequel! Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Design by Cricket Lengyel

Seven more 70's movie reviews in the can today, putting us at a grand total of 337 movies we have showcased or reviewed. Today we start out with (Colossus the Forbin project 1970) Dammit, first off we are all not perfect in general, and here ME in particular got 2 actors screwed up and said a bunch of wrong shite. Look up actors Eric Braeden, and Ken Berry circa 1970 and give me the slightest bit of redemption please. Here we have the Mom from Webster and the Mom from Happy days as part of a team of genius nerds who create a super computer in 1970 that we cannot even create now. Said computer gets out of their control extremely fast and decides that humans are flippin dumb and quite bent on murdering each and very much deserve a time out! (Don't play us cheap 1972) is up next and it was streaming, so that was a nice lil treat for us. Film has 2 iconic t.v. mom's in it, before they were t.v. moms. Mabel King was Mama from What's Happening, and Esther Rolle was Florida Evan's from Good Times, Annnnnd Maude.  This film has only a few other actors, and is kind of a play on wheels, crazy because it was oddly a movie first, then a play which was done to get funding to distribute the movie. It was directed by Melvin Van Peebles, please listen for more. next is (Property is no longer a theft 1973) I'm jumping sharks but sayin anyways that this sounds cooler than it is, possibly a very rad movie in there but some ick that made this one difficult. Directed by Elio Petri, with quite an interesting radical life to read about, we will see his work again hopefully under better circumstances. (Barry Lyndon 1975) According to our amazing V they chose a quite problematic script to adapt here, I'd have to agree, however with that, the film looks absolutely stunning, stars Ryan O'neal and is directed by master Stanley Kubrick, and we'll see them both again sooooon. Next today we get the Mighty Murphy Brown in (Night full of rain 1978) Candice plays a rad feminist photographer traveling in Italy where she meets this shitty shit. The acting is very good and we have a woman director here telling the hard truth of an abusive narccisistic man, and unlike many movies, she does leave him at the end, spoiler I know but in a triggering setting I usually wanna know the end so I can worry just a lil less. Lina Wertmuller was the first woman to receive an Oscar for directing, so we may see her work again, still both of these Italian films we review today get a content warning. Happily moving on to (Meetings with remarkable men 1979)This trippy ish cult film was available only on VHS, until we watched the F'r- and now you can watch it on amazon for 2.99. I was longing for a young Terrence Stamp here, but A. I got the release date wrong and he looks just as he does in superman, and B. He's hardly in this. Listen for more info on all these films, why not?! There is a fun Bauhaus band connection here. Finally today we review (Serial 1980). Sally Kellerman and Roseanne's boss star in this film about trying to find some ease in this crazy cruel world. Best appearance of Christopher Lee ever! Put yer hands down! that's the reviews and we are out of here. Please if you are seeing this write us a review, good or bad, it will help people find the pod. Thanks friends.

Episode 452.Father and Son: Mario and Mandela Van Peebles.Legend Mario Van Peebles joins me to talk about his newest film "Outlaw Posse", New Jack City, his father and legend Melvin Van Peebles.We also joined by Mario's son, Mandela who is a wonderful actor in his own right who co-stars with his dad in "Outlaw Posse" Mario talks about how #whoopigoldberg casting herself, making a western, working with his son and so much more.I have always been a huge fan of Mario's work and getting a chance to speak with him was immensely enjoyable.#90s #90smovie #90stv #newjackcity #mayorofkingstown #fyp #western #blazingsaddles #80smovies #80stv #80s https://linktr.ee/mondaymorningcritic

It's a very special episode, screamers! Recently, the Fort Worth Film Club screened Melvin Van Peebles' scathing look at white privilege, 1970s Watermelon Man. At our post-screening discussion we were lucky enough to be joined by Mr. Marcellis Perkins, and Dr. Frederick Gooding Jr. It was a candid, lively, enriching conversation, and we are pleased to present that live recording here.    Next episode we'll be back to wrap up discussion on Hal Hartley and discuss the new(ish) films 'The Book of Clarence,' and 'The Iron Claw.' Until then, enjoy the live conversation with Marcellis and Dr.G.     Keep in touch and read more at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com on instagram @whydoesthewilhelmpod and twitter @whywilhelm Find out more about upcoming Fort Worth Film Club screenings and events at fortworthfilmclub.com and @fortworthfilm Support the next generation of film lovers at reelhousefoundation.org and on facebook reelhousefoundation Artwork by @_mosla_

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Season 7: Episode 50 Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the 2000s. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France. The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival which gained him the interest of Hollywood studios, leading to his American feature debut Watermelon Man, in 1970. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LaKisha LaTaye Davis is a certified life coach, author, event and podcast host, as well as speaker. She is the author of "The Power of Words: Affirmations to Promote You in Life and Business" as well as "The Seven Sins of Social Media: Change Your Approach to Increase Engagement". As a military veteran she has served at the White House Medical Unit, the Pentagon and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. LaTaye is a seasoned leader within the federal and state government as well as big box retail companies. Her professional and personal experiences coupled with her out of the box approach allows her to be able to work with women and men from various demographics and cultures. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globalgirlspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globalgirlspodcast/support

0:00 - Intro & Summary2:00 - Movie Discussion34:18- Cast & Crew/Awards42:39 - Pop Culture50:48 -  Rankings & Ratings To see a full list of movies we will be watching and shows notes, please follow our website: https://www.1991movierewind.com/Follow us!https://linktr.ee/1991movierewind

David is joined by Richard Doyle and a first-time guest, actor/filmmaker Aaron Strand, to discuss this film adaptation of a barrier-breaking Broadway musical.

David is joined by Richard Doyle and a first-time guest, actor/filmmaker Aaron Strand, to discuss this film adaptation of a barrier-breaking Broadway musical.

Today we get into the plot of our upcoming feature film 'Withdrawal'. Aaron discusses where the idea came from and how it evolved from an inspired thought to an actionable project, culminating in a 8-Point 'Upfront Aims Program' inspired by Melvin Van Peebles.Follow the film on IG: @withdrawalfilmEmail us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastProducer: Greg Kleinschmidt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" have begun a new decade for their retrospective and they're taking aim at the 1970s, the era of autuer directors flexing their creative muscles and for new voices to emerge. They discuss two movies from 1970, the soldiers-as-scoundrels caper "Kelly's Heroes" starring Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas and Don Rickles, and then "Watermelon Man," a social satire about racism from the vision of director Melvin Van Peebles.  Available on Spotify and Apple Episode 383 includes: -Ben learns about the breaking news of OceanGate's lost sub of billionaires touring the Titanic. Irony explodes.  -Trailer reactions to "3 Body Problem" Netflix series and "Quicksand." Yes, it's a contained thriller about a couple trapped in quicksand, the overly prevalant fear of many a child.  -Nate declares "Elemental" a cute and winning romance from Pixar.  -Is the long-gestating movie "The Flash" an unmitigated disaster? No. Is it good? Not really.  -By the Decade -- 1970 -- "Kelly's Heroes" / "Watermelon Man" -The guys discuss the men-on-a-mission WWII action movie with Clint Eastoowd leading a group of soldiers into enemy territory to rob a German bank of its gold, and then director Melvin Van Peebles' racial satire of a white man who wakes up one day and becomes black. 

A much older man (Melvin Van Peebles) pursues Joan, but she is unsure whether or not to date him because of the age difference. Maya is trying to come up with a new concept for her new book series, and she finds it right under her nose. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antoinette-q-smith/support

Aaron is joined by award winning director, Alfred Preisser. In 2006, Mr. Preisser directed the acclaimed 2006 revival of 'Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death', during which time he became close friends with Melvin Van Peebles. Preisser went on to act in Van Peebles' final film 'Confessions of an Ex-Dufus Itchyfooted Mutha' and work on the staged Opera of 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'. We are honored that Alfred took the time to speak to us about the time he spent with Melvin.Mr. Preisser's work has been recognized with The American Theatre Wing Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, The Drama Desk Award, The Edwin Booth Award, The Lucille Lortel Award, and two Obie Awards.Aflred Preisser: https://www.alfredpreisser.com/Email us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastProducer: Greg Kleinschmidt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melvin takes over Broadway only to see his midas touch leave him. Later in life he experiences a Renaissance as the first black trader on Wall Street and ages gracefully into one of the greatest elder statesmen in cinema history. Rest In Peace Melvin Van Peebles (8/21/32-9/21/21), one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century.Email us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastJoin our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclubProducer: Greg KleinschmidtSources:'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' by Melvin Van Peebles (1971)'How to Dismantle a [Theatric] Bomb: Broadway Flops, Broadway Money, and Musical Theater Historiography' by Dr. Elizabeth Wollman (May, 2020'2008 Interview with Red Bull Music Academy': https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/melvin-van-peebles-dont-write-a-check-your-ass-cant-cash'Unstoppable: Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis in Conversation': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHuW5bxVamgVisionary Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeRJLgAbW-4&list=PLCwE4GdJdVRLS1R8f9-G8hihJQKmePpCW&t=116'How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)' (2005) Dir. Joe AngioBlack Arts/West History by Douglas Q Barnett: https://www.historylink.org/File/3523Paul Carter Harrison Archives: Emory University Rose Reading Room'Le Fete a Harlem' Program Archive: https://data.bnf.fr/fr/39467577/fete_a_harlem_spectacle_1964/1972 Tony Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weVm6vn7SOgMario Van Peebles/Melvin Van Peebles interview with Charlie Rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9N3D7ZzjkY&t=996sJune 6th 1972 Episode of Black Journal: https://www.criterionchannel.com/don-t-play-us-cheap/videos/melvin-van-peebles-on-black-journal-2NYT 'The Boadasssss Success' (1972): https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/20/archives/the-baadasssss-success-of-melvin-van-peebles-van-peebles-counting.html?searchResultPosition=76NYT 'Melvin Van Prolific' (1972): https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/28/archives/melvin-van-prolific-melvin-van-prolific.html?searchResultPosition=15NYT Review of 'Waltz of the Stork' (1982): https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/06/theater/stage-waltz-of-van-peebles-opens.html?searchResultPosition=13'Making Do the Right Thing' Dir St. Clair Bourne: https://archive.org/details/making-do-the-right-thing'Classified X' Dir. Melvin Van Peebles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOfwnPJtHJMJoshie Jo Armstead Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcWYsDOm8M'Melvin Van Peebles The Real Deal': https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/melvin-van-peebles-on-sweet-sweetback-s-baadasssss-song-2002 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Mother's Day! Joshua and Drusilla discuss both Evil Dead Rise and Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid. Plus Josh is back from Salem Horror Fest! He discusses the new Severin release for Morgiana. Drusilla visits the Academy Museum, Patty snubs Melvin Van Peebles, and then the kids discuss all things Evil Dead. Then they get into the main feature. From wiki: "Beau Is Afraid is a 2023 American surrealist tragicomedy horror film[5][6] written, directed, and produced by Ari Aster. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, Beau Wassermann, a mild-mannered but paranoia-ridden man who embarks on a surreal odyssey to get home to attend his mother's funeral,[7] confronting his greatest fears along the way. The film includes a supporting ensemble cast of Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Richard Kind."NEXT WEEK: Dead Ringers Website: http://www.bloodhauspod.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/BloodhausPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/Email: bloodhauspod@gmail.com          Drusilla's art: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/ Drusilla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydesister/Drusilla's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/drew_phillips/       Joshua's website: https://www.joshuaconkel.com/Joshua's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaConkelJoshua's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/Joshua's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshuaconkel 

Melvin flips Hollywood the middle-finger setting out to make his own independent movie, at a time when it was considered borderline impossible. What followed was one of the wildest stories in film history as Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song survives on-set madness and impossible odds to become one of the most successful films of the decade.Email us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastJoin our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclubProducer: Greg KleinschmidtSources:'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' by Melvin Van Peebles (1971)'2008 Interview with Red Bull Music Academy': https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/melvin-van-peebles-dont-write-a-check-your-ass-cant-cash'Unstoppable: Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis in Conversation': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHuW5bxVamg'Interview with Olumide Productions': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRn9nr5qXOgMarlon Brando Eulogy for Bobby Hutton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g05Sb9CcnEInterview with Reelin In the Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B48FJ03-tkUVisionary Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeRJLgAbW-4&list=PLCwE4GdJdVRLS1R8f9-G8hihJQKmePpCW&t=116s'How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)' (2005) Dir. Joe Angio'SUBVERTING HOLLYWOOD FROM THE INSIDE OUT' by Racquel Gates: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/fq.2014.68.1.9 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There were a ton of newcomers to the entertainment industry in 1967, and It Happened One Year is there! After an introduction by friend of the show and ReconCinemation co-host Jon Deiner, Sarah & Joe unroll the landmark TV debuts, first albums, and inaugural feature film directing efforts coming out of '67 - covering a vast spectrum of the media universe, including The Flying Nun, The Producers, Surrealistic Pillow, Dragnet, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Who's That Knocking at My Door? and many more! Cameos abound from the likes of Gary Busey, Claude Debussy, the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Melvin Van Peebles, Ken Loach, and George of the Jungle, plus lots and lots of Mel Brooks talk.

Fresh off his triumphant homecoming at the 1967 San Francisco International Film Festival, Melvin Van Peebles finds himself in a very different America than the one he left in 1959. There are protests against the Vietnam war, a growing counter culture culminating in the ‘Summer of Love', and The Civil Rights Movement evolving into cries of Black Power. Soaking up this chaos like a sponge, Melvin combines global politics, street conversations, and his favorite 1880's French Singer to create the worlds first hip-hop album, ‘Brer Soul'. From there, he goes to Hollywood for his first and only studio film, ‘Watermelon Man'. Facing oppressive studio oversight, Melvin uses every trick at his disposal to subvert Hollywood's racist pass from the inside out.Email us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastJoin our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclubProducer: Greg KleinschmidtSources:'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' by Melvin Van Peebles (1971)'2008 Interview with Red Bull Music Academy': https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/melvin-van-peebles-dont-write-a-check-your-ass-cant-cash'Unstoppable: Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis in Conversation': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHuW5bxVamg'Interview with Olumide Productions': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRn9nr5qXOgMarlon Brando Eulogy for Bobby Hutton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g05Sb9CcnEInterview with Reelin In the Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B48FJ03-tkUVisionary Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeRJLgAbW-4&list=PLCwE4GdJdVRLS1R8f9-G8hihJQKmePpCW&t=116s'How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It)' (2005) Dir. Joe Angio'SUBVERTING HOLLYWOOD FROM THE INSIDE OUT' by Racquel Gates: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/fq.2014.68.1.9 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back, Mr. Torrence and hi there! It's part two of Keri's birthday story: The Shining. Here we learn what it took to get the creative gears in the mind of Stephen King flowing before Stanley Kubrick turned it into the iconic GOAT that horror fans still love today. We talk about the tv reboot and yes, of course, we talk about Doctor Sleep! She's packed.  To send in topics of interest, please email quiteabitpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on instagram/facebook/youtube:https://linktr.ee/quiteabitpodcast Sources for this episode:The Shining: A novel by Stephen King (1977)The Shining: A film by Stanley Kubrick (1980)The Shining: A Miniseries by Stephen King and Mick Garris (1997)Room 237: A Documentary by Rodney Ascher (2012)Doctor Sleep: A novel by Stephen King (2013)Doctor Sleep: A film by Mike Flanagan (2019)Making the Shining (1980) by Vivian Kubrick:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OukJ7jR4CaMMaking the Shining Mini-Series:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aIgptpKE13shttps://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/stephen-king-ewan-mcgregor-doctor-sleep-interview-894174/amp/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(miniseries)https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g34331965/the-shining-facts-trivia/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_ghk_md_pmx_us_urlx_19597983321&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImeag4tPt_QIV8v_jBx3U0QsUEAAYASAAEgJTZvD_BwEhttp://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/interview.ts.htmlhttps://m.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/triviahttps://www.cinemablend.com/news/2551221/the-shining-behind-the-scenes-facts-about-the-legendary-horror-filmhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/27/danny-lloyd-the-kid-in-the-shining-i-was-promised-that-tricycle-after-filming-but-it-never-camehttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55893/25-things-you-might-not-know-about-shininghttps://screenrant.com/shining-movie-connection-david-lynch-eraserhead/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uZr1gaAOin4https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/05/stephen-king-doctor-sleep-redeems-the-shining-stanley-kubrick/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3OG3Xi0Nshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Sleep_(2019_film)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Sleep_(novel)https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/doctor-sleep-behind-the-scenes-factshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uGOd_cM_voY 

Today, Aaron is joined by Dr. Amy Abugo Ongiri, film historian, Director of Ethnic Studies at the University of Portland, and author of the book: “Spectacular Blackness: The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic".Dr. Ongiri talks to us about this shift from Civil Rights to Black Power, how The Black Panther Party effectively used the media to spread their message, and how the Black Arts Movement sought to define a distinctly black aesthetic. All of these forces would greatly affect Melvin Van Peebles during his most creative years from 1968-1971.Amy Ongiri on Instagram: @daughterofthedustEmail us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastProducer: Greg Kleinschmidt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I am hard at work prepping the next installment of the Melvin Van Peebles history series. In the meantime, I wanted to take a moment to talk about the release schedule moving forward as well as reflecting on how this show has evolved beyond just a history podcast and how that will continue to shape the show going forward!If you have any thoughts or questions, please email me at behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the BIG show, our panel will discuss the release of Slate Magazine and NPR's list of the 75 best films from Black directors, called The New Black Film Canon.The list features films over the past century highlighting work from luminaries such as Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, Ousime Sembene, Spike Lee, Melvin Van Peebles, Julie Dash, Gina Prince-Bythewood, and a host of others. Plus, Chris Rock is poised to make history this weekend with his new comedy special, Outrage.Over the next hour, we'll talk about which films SHOULD have made the list and does this new list truly encompass the entirety of the true Black experience in film.We'll have all of that and more on Episode 528 of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordonThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4671407/advertisement

In this episode we meet Melvin Van Peebles, a small but brilliant boy who grows up split between the rough South Side of Chicago and the nearby suburb of Phoenix, Illinois. A brilliant student, he graduates from high school at the age of fifteen, becomes the first person in his family to go to college. By the time he's 26, he's a veteran officer of the Air Force, a father, a husband in an interracial marriage, and a Gripman on a San Francisco Cable Car. After writing a moderately successful book titled 'The Big Heart', Melvin gets bit by the cinema bug and decides to become a filmmaker...little did he know that it would take him ten years and moving to another continent in order to get one made!Email us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastJoin our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclubProducer: Greg KleinschmidtSources: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is our first episode on the life and work of the revolutionary artist, Melvin Van Peebles... only Mr. Van Peebles will not be appearing. In order to understand the themes, imagery and messages within his films, we are going to tell a story of African American representation in American drama. We'll meet a Caribbean immigrant who founds the first black owned theatre in the U.S., a gangly white actor who made one of the most dangerous pieces of art in human history, a lower Manhattan wunderkind who would come to be known as 'King of all Dancers' and of course, the South Dakota Homesteader turned father of African American independent cinema, Oscar Micheaux!Email us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastJoin our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclubProducer: Greg KleinschmidtSources:‘White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour' by Marvin McAllister'The African Grove Theatre and Company' by Jonathan Dewberry‘Stephen C. Foster and Negro Minstrelsy' by Robert P. Nevin‘Select Committee on the Slave Trade. Evidence by Thomas Trotter'‘Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America' by Sterling Stuckey‘Black Magic a Pictorial History of Black Entertainers in America' by Langston Hughes‘American Notes' by Charles Dickens‘Red Summer' by Cameron McWhirter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sergio Mims, our noted film scholar and friend, was well on his way to becoming “King Commentary” with all his official contributions to Blu-rays for Kino, Vinegar Syndrome and others. During the pandemic at the peak of lockdown, Collin Souter of Christmas Movies Actually, suggested that our good friend record one for Disney's controversial 1940 film, Song of the South. Sergio did not hesitate and delivered something for his friends. Some of them are here to again pay brief tribute to the man who was a regular part of the Movie Madness podcast. Erik Childress is joined by both Collin and the Director's Club host, Jim Laczkowski, to introduce this track that can now be experienced by everyone. Whether you have a version of the film to sync up with or not it doesn't matter, because you can just sit back and soak in the words of a film lover who left us way too soon. 0:00 – A Tribute To Sergio Mims by Erik Childress, Jim Laczkowski & Collin Souter 16:43 – Instructions To Cue Up Commentary 17:36 – Song Of The South Commentary By Sergio Mims

Jerah and Jonathan review the 90's western “Posse” which follows a group of Black soldiers with one white tag-along that are all on the run after they're betrayed by their colonel. The film has a large ensemble cast starring Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles, Tommy Lister Jr., Salli Richardson, Isaac Hayes, Blair Underwood, Tone Loc, Charles Lane, Robert Hooks, Pam Grier, Vesta Williams, Big Daddy Kane, Nipsey Russell, Richard Gant, Reginald VelJohnson, Faizon Love, Aaron Neville, Washington Hudlin, Robert Lee Minor, and last but not least, Reginald Hudlin. It's directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by Sy Richardson.  Produced by Melisa D. Monts Edited by Diane Kang Executive produced by Brett Boham, Joe Cilio, Alex Ramsey Listen to Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] Ad-Free on Forever Dog Plus: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus FOLLOW BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD]: https://twitter.com/blackmenpodcast https://www.instagram.com/blackmenpodcast BUY BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/black-men-can-t-jump-in-hollywood SUPPORT BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BMCJ BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Floyd Webb of the Blacknuss Network joins us as we blast off to the stars for two wildly and weirdly different cinematic visions of space travel in a sprawling but mellow talk that goes from usual movie and weed convo into the mysterious deaths of NASA's Black astronauts, Floyd's experiences with Melvin Van Peebles, and so much more. This episode takes small steps and giant leaps PLUS it's dropping on the 53rd anniversary of the US Moon landing! Bob assures us that OMFYS is far too disorganized to have our Black astronaut conspiracy episode posting on NATIONAL MOON DAY and that this is purely coincidental, but is it!?! Blaxploitation and Afrofuturist longings collide in our first film, TOP OF THE HEAP (1972), where producer/writer/director Christopher St. John stars as George Lattimer, a Black beat cop in Washington D.C. who lapses into hallucinatory dreams of landing on the Moon. However, even his interstellar fantasies are no escape from his real-life anxieties. His badge makes him a pariah in his own community and earns him no respect from his white co-workers. His marriage is falling apart and things aren't going much better with his lounge singer girlfriend. And if that wasn't enough to cause a break with reality, his teenage daughter is doing drugs; and he is avoiding his mother's funeral in Alabama. Virtually lost for decades, Floyd gives insights into his quest to rediscover it and make it available on Blacknuss.tv. And OMFYS goes from the sublime with "Top of the Heap" to the ridiculous with Zsa Zsa Gabor in QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE (1958) where square-jawed, horned-up American spacemen crash land on Venus, which is of course run entirely by 50s pinup models with Forbidden Planet surplus ray guns. Their leader is a masked and man-hating space Queen hellbent on using her space ray to destroy the Earth. Can Zsa Zsa as a rebel leader scientist free the Earth astronauts so they can save their home world? Will everyone stop making out long enough to disable the death ray and put Zsa Zsa on the throne? And what kind of weed do you smoke with all this mid-Century nonsense? We have the answer to the last question at least somewhere in the vast expanses of this episode after Floyd blows our minds with his tale of seeing "Queen of Outer Space" in a segregated theater in Mississippi when it was first released. Top of the Heap is streaming on Blacknuss, a streaming service focused on Black independent filmmakers from around the world. You can start your free trial at https://blacknuss.vhx.tv/ and it's just $3.99 a month after that. $3.99! Queen of Outer Space is available for $2.99 on Prime or on Dailymotion if your conscience can bear it it. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21o27r Special Guest: Floyd Webb Co-hosts: Bob Calhoun and Greg Franklin Audio editing: Cory Sklar

Ian and Pat break out their turtlenecks and leather trenchcoats to review Gordon Parks' seminal Blaxploitation epic, Shaft!Richard Roundtree stars as the Black private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks. It's 1971 in New York City, and John Shaft has been hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a Harlem gangster. He winds up on the wrong side of the police, the Mafia, and a crew of militants all battling to control the streets of the Big Apple.The guys continue their exploration of 70s Black cinema with a (pretty much) first-time viewing of Parks' swagger-heavy procedural--comparing it to Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (which came out the same year), and questioning whether or not this film belongs in the genre with which it is most heavily associated.Shaft was recently given the deluxe treatment by The Criterion Collection, which has made the film available on 4K UHD and Blu-ray.Show Links:Watch the Shaft (1971) trailer.Keep up with Pat at HollywoodChicago.com.Subscribe to, like, and comment on the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel!

The Freedom of Independent Films: A Review of The Watermelon Man | Episode 92 We watched The Watermelon Man directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Join us in a discussion on being in the South from Chicago, and all the different kinds of racism. Works Cited:  Amber's and Ben's Articl in The Washington Post:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/interracial-couples-tiktok-racism/ WATERMELON MAN - Movie Review by Kicking the Seat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vUlDcnNDU Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thescifisigh?ltclid=74dee16e-c704-48b4-a577-240e80313ce7 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thescifisighpodcast/ Follow on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@burr_iam?lang=en Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-quzNQbZTQ&list=PLRgBIvxlI3NZ8OyviVDNrn71KxhFWSBhK Click here to listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Amazon Music and Vodacast: https://linktr.ee/thescifisighpodcast  

Are you tired of the Man trying to keep you down? Ready to take matters into your own hands? Or maybe some other body part? Well Beau has just the pick for you: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Dir. Melvin Van Peebles). Coming AttractionIn the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison) Episode GuideSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song discussion - 8:37Trivia - 44:11 Join the Club!LetterboxdInstagramMCFC Film Spreadsheet

This is the third part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond's "Censor". Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".Future episodes will focus on Gordon Flemyng's "The Split" (1968), Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984), Garry Marshall's "The Flamingo Kid" (1984), John McNaughton's "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" (1986), and Philip Kaufmans's "Henry & June" (1990).***Referenced media:"Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?" (Mike Nichols, 1966)"Red Dawn" (John Milius, 1984)"This Savage Land" (Vincent McEveety, 1969)"Assignment to Kill" (Sheldon Reynolds, 1968)"Payment in Blood" (Enzo G. Castellari, 1968)"Birds in Peru" (Romain Gary, 1968)"Planet of the Apes" (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)"2001: A Space Odyssey" (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)"Night of the Living Dead" (George A. Romero, 1968)"Barbarella" (Roger Vadim, 1968)"The Girl on a Motorcycle" (Jack Cardiff, 1968)"Head" (Bob Rafelson, 1968)"Yellow Submarine" (George Dunning, 1968)"Faces" (John Cassavetes, 1968)"The Great Silence" (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)"Sympathy for the Devil" (Jean-Luc Godard, 1968)"Candy" (Christian Marquand, 1968)"The Night They Raided Minsky's" (William Friedkin, 1968)"The Wrecking Crew" (Phil Karlson, 1968)"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (Quentin Tarantino, 2019)"Three in the Attic" (Richard Wilson, 1968)"Pumping Iron" (George Butler and Robert Fiore, 1977)"Blowup" (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966)"Mean Streets" (Martin Scorsese, 1973)"Hi, Mom!" (Brian DePalma, 1970)"C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D." (David Irving, 1989)"Phantom of the Paradise" (Brian DePalma, 1974)"Shadows" (John Cassavetes, 1959)"Fritz the Cat" (Ralph Bakshi, 1972)"Beverly Hills Cop II" (Tony Scott, 1987)"Breathless" (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)"Laugh-In" (George Schlatter, 1968-1973)"Saturday Night Live" (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)"Deep Throat" (Gerard Damiano, 1972)"Behind the Green Door" (Artie Mitchell and Jim Mitchell, 1972)"Midnight Cowboy" (John Schlesinger, 1969)"Superfly" (Gordon Parks, Jr., 1972)"Across 110th Street" (Barry Shear, 1972)"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)

The show is (finally) back to celebrate the life, work, and legacy of Renaissance man Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021), a well-travelled director, songwriter, actor, playwright, and novelist who played an integral role in breaking the color barrier for Black filmmakers in Hollywood during the late 60s-early 70s and helmed the groundbreaking and provocative independent hit Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, among many other triumphs. Join us as we attempt to do his many lives and oeuvre justice by covering his start as a feature filmmaker in France, his role in spawning the blaxploitation film era of the early 70s, and how he paved the way for both independent and Black directors, all without being beholden to the studio system. Listen, like, subscribe, and feel free to leave comments, ratings, or reviews on Spotify, Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Podcasts, Tune In, and iHeart Radio. Kisses many.

In this talk, Racquel Gates presents her experience working as consulting producer on the Criterion release of Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films. A legendary filmmaker whose unique personality is just as well-known as his body of work, Van Peebles made an indelible impact on both Black film and independent cinema. How, then, to present new insights on Van Peebles in a way that built on viewers' existing familiarity with the filmmaker and his work while avoiding cliches and hagiography? In “Reintroducing Melvin Melvin Van Peebles,” Gates considers the history of her own research on Van Peebles's films, and details the pleasures — and challenges — of trying to create a bridge between the worlds of academic film studies and more public facing consumer film culture. Racquel Gates is an Associate Professor of Film and Media at Columbia University. Her research focuses on blackness and popular culture, with special attention to discourses of taste and quality. She is the author of Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture (Duke, 2018), and is currently working on her second book, titled Hollywood Style and the Invention of Blackness. In 2020, she was named an Academy Film Scholar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Melvin Van Peebles' SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG was a monumental moment for Black cinema and a gamechanger for cinema as a whole. Not only are we joined by the great Michael Jai White, whose BLACK DYNAMITE was a direct descendant of SWEETBACK, but his friend Mario Van Peebles (son of Melvin, and star of BAADASSSSS!, which tells the story of the making of today's film) pops in to drop some wisdom on us!Then, we play a quiz about the celebrity children of celebrity parents.What's Good :Alonso: OmsomDrea: Finishing taxes earlyMichael: Division of labor, domestically speakingIfy: Birthday Trip!ITIDIC:Camila Cabello Cinderella Is Winning #OscarsFanFavoriteChanning Tatum Says ‘Magic Mike' Training Regimen Might Not Be Healthy/RealisticStaff Picks:Drea: COFFYAlonso: THE LIVING ENDMichael: THE MACKIfy: BLACK DYNAMITEBuy Alonso's book - I'll Be Home for Christmas MoviesWith:Ify NwadiweDrea ClarkAlonso DuraldeMichael Jai WhiteMario Van PeeblesProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher

September 27, 2021: For this memoriam edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME breaks down the week in politics and pays tribute to a cinematic legend.PART 1: ROME's RANT: A breakdown of the week in political newsPARTS 2 & 3: Urban music journalist A. SCOTT GALLOWAY returns to pay tribute to legendary and groundbreaking filmmaker MELVIN VAN PEEBLESA great show, so press PLAY and ENJOY.

The Lobby: Christopher Nolan's film about J. Robert Oppenheimer potentially starring Cillian Murphy picked up by Universal. Conditions include: - $100 million budget - $100 million on marketing - Total creative control - Studio can't release another film 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after his film - Over 100 days in theaters - 20% of the first gross Denis Villeneuve says Marvel films are a cut and paste of each other and everyone gets mad. Paramount pivots to streaming RIP Michael K. Williams, Melvin Van Peebles and Norm MacDonald What Have You Watched Lately? Jeff's picks Brandon's views: (briefly) Cobra Kai Sex and the City Season 2 though 5 Star Wars: Visions Ghost in the Shell IMAX Blue Bayou Incendies Spectre Copshop The Last Action Hero Batman: Ninja (in-depth) Dear Evan Hansen Dune Trailer Talk: The Matrix Resurrections CSI: Vegas Belfast A Journal For Jordan Red Notice Moonfall Main review: The Guilty Malignant Cry Macho

Y: The Last Man is an FX on Hulu television series (whatever that means) based on the DC comics series. It stars Diane Lane as President Jennifer Brown and Ben Schnetzer as Yorick Brown, the last living person with a Y chromosome. And: Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie were (at least aspiring) #vanlife influencers. Tragedy, and our culture around this particular sort of tragedy, has turned them into pop culture figures of an entirely different kind. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies at 89 He directed ‘Watermelon Man,’ did everything on ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ and wrote a pair of Broadway musicals. Beloved ‘Sex And The City’ Actor Willie Garson Dies At 57 Chris Rock says he has COVID-19, urges vaccination The Song That Never Ends: Why Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September’ Sustains The Man Behind Those Annual ‘Sept. 21’ Videos Has Made His Last Masterpiece Not Enough Has Changed Since Sanford and Son The unwritten rules of Black TV James Corden Is Getting Called Out For Making An Ageist Joke About BTS Fans And…Yikes When will celebs learn not to come for the fandoms?! Johnny Depp Says Cancel Culture Is “So Far Out Of Hand” & “No One Is Safe”, Asks People To “Stand Up” Against “Injustice” The Emmys Underlined the Paradox of Too Much TV The people handing out the awards were a diverse lot. The ones receiving them, much less so. Japanese school students sent a message in a bottle. 37 years later, it washed up in Hawaii No sign of £4.8m golden toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace, two years on World’s first 108-key concert grand piano built by Australia’s only piano maker Netflix now owns the screen rights to Roald Dahl’s entire catalog The acquisition of the Roald Dahl Story Company follows three years of partnership Eddie Murphy Signs Three-Picture & First-Look Film Deal With Amazon Studios Reading a Novel Set Entirely in Slack In “Several People Are Typing,” Calvin Kasulke takes office agony to its outer limits. Elon Musk and Grimes break up after three years together GUESTS: Raquel Benedict - Claims to be the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction; hosts the Rite Gud podcast Brian Slattery - Arts editor for the New Haven Independent and a producer at WNHH radio Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the 38th episode of The Cincinnati Herald podcast! The podcast with news you can't get anywhere else! On today's show we will be discussing the Urban Roots podcast, the death of Melvin Van Peebles, The Fugees reuniting, and more.Today's guests are Andria Carter (Co-host and Media Consultant, The Cincinnati Herald) and Special Guest Architectural Historian Deqah Hussein Wetzel.This week's episode is hosted by John Alexander Reese (Digital Editor, The Cincinnati Herald).Go to https://urbanistmedia.org/ to check out the Urban Roots podcast and to learn more this non-profit organization.Go to our website (https://thecincinnatiherald.com/) for the latest stories. Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheCincinnatiHerald/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/cinciherald), and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cinciherald/) for the latest updates. You can also follow us on YouTube at The Herald TV.Make sure to check out the stories we talked about today on our website at www.TheCincinnatiHerald.com. You can also follow us on social media. We're on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We also have our own YouTube channel. Just search for The Herald TV.

9.22.21 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Haitian migrant crisis update; DHS allows some Haitian migrants to stay and places several border patrol officers on administrative leave for using whips on migrants; Title 42 decoded; Voter ID Senate hearing gets hot; DC police accused of "systemic psychological abuse"; Jesse Jackson leaves hospital; Julius Jones' execution date set; R. Kelly trial update; Melvin Van Peebles dies Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork via the Cash App ☛ https://cash.app/$rmunfiltered or via PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s that time again, a new season is here. Lend us your shitty little ears for the premiere of Season 8: Mario Van Melvin. This exploration of Mario and Melvin Van Peebles will once again find your hosts discussing a range of genres and exploring the myriad sins and shortcomings of Hollywood gatekeeping. Episode 1 focuses on the lone co-directorial effort from one of cinema’s few father-son directing pairs: Gang in Blue. It’s an ultra-timely story of police brutality and systemic racism, featuring white supremacist antics that look all too familiar in 2020. The boys welcome Danny Benson of the Not So Macho Fans podcast who offers an overview of the elder Van Peebles’ career as well as his thoughts on this intermittently thrilling made-for-tv drama. Reel Rap Recommends A.) a film from the same year as the film discussed on micB.) a film featuring one of the same actors as the film discussed on micC.) a film that’s connected to the film discussed on mic in some other wayA.) Scream (1996, dir. Wes Craven)It might be my favorite horror movie. You don’t like it? Well I guess you don’t like thrills, spills, and chills. All of the sequels are good too. B.) Nixon (1995, dir. Oliver Stone) ft. J.T. WalshFolks, it’s a goddamned shame that we’re being subjected to Adam McKay’s bullshit while Oliver Stone is still with us. Nixon is one of those three-hour-plus movies that I could watch every day.C.) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, dir. Martin Scorsese) ft. a reference to GrenadaOne of the lawyers prosecuting Jordan Belfort refers to him as “a Grenada.” He means that Belfort doesn’t stand a chance in court. The same actor shows up in The Irishman and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Besides maybe the guy from Burn Notice, I don’t think there’s ever been someone with a more insufferable face. In WoWS, it’s nearly (but not quite) enough to make you root for Belfort. Annotations and ApologiesEternal apologies to Danny for getting the name of his podcast wrong. Bennett used the term “neck-bearded” to describe the roving bands of white trash who “defended” Fishtown back in June. This was not only inaccurate, but completely insulting to all of the fine neck-bearded people in Philadelphia and across this country.Meanwhile . . . On the latest Patreon-exclusive episode, the boys discuss Kelly Reichardt’s 2013 masterpiece Night Moves. Give the Gift of Reel Rap Why not share Reel Rap with the Reelheads in your life?Become a ReelheadWhat are you waiting for? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reelrap.substack.com

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, a podcast where we reach out to friends to talk about what we've been watching. It's as simple as that. Joining Nicolas Rapold is Richard Brody of The New Yorker. They discuss The Irishman as a home viewing experience; The 11th Green, an unusual new drama involving alien life and the postwar United States; Melvin Van Peebles's debut feature, The Story of a Three-Day Pass; Top of the Heap, a police drama directed by and starring Christopher St. John; and the prospect of returning to movie theaters. Photo by Steve Snodgrass

042: Bruce MackGood morning! This is Play It Like It's Music, I'm Trevor, thanks for listening.On Wednesday, June 3rd of 2020 music is not content, it's connection. And I've been bothered about everything going on this week, glued to the news just like a lot of you. We went out and marched down at the Grove in LA, which was lovely because we left right before before the cops broke it up with tear gas. It turns out Beverly Hills doesn't take kindly to marchers. But up until that moment it was a literal walk in the park with a committed group of peaceably assembled people. Peaceful isn't the right word to describe something like that. More like it was harmonious, beautiful, honest. Justified criticism of something so obviously wrong like the routine state-sanctioned murder of innocent people shouldn't need to have "peacefulness" imposed on it from outside by anyone, let alone the targets of the criticism...But this is a show about music. You know, people like to argue about how much music and politics should mix but I personally don't believe there's a legit argument to be had, because if you really understand music then you know that there really is no line between music and life. Music is everywhere and it's a part of every living experience we have, not just when we choose to sing about it. Likewise, there's no line between politics and life. Sometimes you turn the politics on, sometimes it turns on you. But don't pretend there's a line there where it stops existing or being relevant. You'd only be blinding yourself. Like where is the line between politics and human rights? Show me where that line is and then I'll believe someone who says a musician can't also be political.But let's talk about Black music for a second. For my part I don't have anything to say about black music except "thank you". And then make my own musical offering in return. We can see that a musician of any race is always engaged in hot pursuit of the infinite, and most musicians on the whole understand that cooperating with each other across lines helps move the whole endeavor forward. But it's not always up to musicians. We know that plenty of people - collaborators and customers alike - line up to take advantage, both of the hard work we do and also of the cultural contributions people bring. Black musicians in particular have historically gotten ripped off by the music industry, even as their compositions, performances, innovations and energy has dominated in public. Follow the money and you'll be shocked at where it doesn't go, especially those of you who believe the hype. It's not just that people have a right to be mad, but they have a right to organize to change things. Today on the show I'm lucky to have Bruce Mack who is a board member and former president of the Black Rock Coalition to talk to us about growing up in New York City during the 70's and 80's, and how some of the artists of that time chose to show up to the scene with more than just a song.Bruce is a be-bop style vocalist who incorporates vocal improvisation into funk and other forms of music. B-Mack also plays several instruments, including keyboards, electric bass, percussion and drum set. He performs and contributes original music to multiple ensembles, most notably Burnt Sugar, Melvin Van Peebles wid/ Laxative and Nubian Messengers.The Black Rock Coalition is well-known to fans of the many bands that make up its membership - a few of which are Living Colour, Meshell Ndegeocello, 24-7 Spyz, Chocolate Genius, Don Byron and Nona Hendryx. An iconic organization that remains vital to this day, the BRC is a collective of artists, writers, producers, publicists, activists and music fans assembled to maximize exposure and provide resources for Black artists who defy convention.We've heard from members previously on this show: check out episode 2 with Luqman Brown of Dope Saggitarius and episode 4 with Mazz Swift. Today it's all about native New Yorker, Bruce Mack aka B-Mack (the artist, the band). Settle in and let's listen:Press PLAY above to hear my conversation with Bruce Mack.Thanks for listening to Play It Like It’s Music. Thanks to Bruce Mack for spending some very generous time with us. You can find his music at b-mack.bandcamp.com and at Reverb Nation, Facebook, IG and Twitter.If you like this show, please tell a friend:Follow me on social media @trevorexter and talk to me on there if you have thoughts about the show.We're all contending with a mutating professional landscape, jacked revenue streams, a catastrophic global pandemic and plenty of other noise out in the culture.But you gotta keep playing.We don't draw any lines here between scenes or styles.As always, thank you for listening and remember to play it like its music.You can check out my music on bandcamp and other places. It’s all at my website, trevorexter.com. Sign the mailing list on substack to get this show sent right to you the very moment it comes out. Consider hiring me to score your piece, do some cello, teach you lessons, produce your show or back you up onstage. Music is a beautiful thing and it makes the world go round.Big love to your ears.Trevor(Did you press play yet?)...If you like this stuff, help it spread by sharing it!Hear songs: the “Trevor Exter Playlist” on SpotifySign the mailing list!Take lessons from me online!Hire me remotely for cello overdubs or to score your piece.Or to produce your podcast.Follow me on IG TW FBMore @trevorexter.compsst… sign up for emails: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit playitlikeitsmusic.substack.com