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Julie Cohen and Betsy West are best known as a team for their Oscar-nominated documentary RBG about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They're also both former network news journalists. We talk about the differences and similarities between those two worlds (hint: one of them sounds more fun), the films that helped shape their sensibilities, and their films RBG, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down, about the former Congresswoman's recovery from an assassination attempt, and My Name Is Pauli Murray, about the non-binary lawyer who played a key role in the civil rights movement.Julie Cohen's 2023 film, Every Body, premiered at Tribeca and was released theatrically by Focus Features. Called “a master class in how a documentary should be done” by The Boston Globe, it tells of three courageous intersex people who've overcome shame and secrecy to become their true selves. Betsy West is a filmmaker, journalist, and professor emerita at the Columbia Journalism School. A 21-time Emmy Award winner, she served as executive producer of the ABC News documentary series Turning Point and as VP of News at CBS, where she oversaw 60 Minutes and 48 Hours. More about Julie & Betsy here. Films mentioned in this episode:RBG (2018), Dir. Julie Cohen and Betsy WestHoop Dreams (1994), Dir. Steve James Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022), Dir. Julie Cohen and Betsy WestFlee (2021), Dir. Jonas Poher RasmussenHaulout (2022), Dir. Maxim Arbugaev and Evgenia ArbugaevaThe Endless Summer (1966), Dir. Bruce BrownThe World At War series (1973-74), Dir. David ElsteinRoger And Me (1989), Dir. Michael MooreBuena Vista Social Club (1999), Dir. Wim WendersMy Name is Pauli Murray (2021), Dir. Julie Cohen and Betsy WestOther Mentions:Senator Mark Kelly Turning Point (ABC News)Cinque NorthernFollow us on Instagram! @ThousandRoadsPodSpecial thanks for helping make this series happen: Sara Archambault, Florence Barrau-Adams, Jon Berman, Ben Cuomo (music), Jax Deluca, Pallavi Deshpande, Nancy Gibbs, Kathleen Hughes, Caroline Kracunas, Laura Manley, Alexis Pancrazi, Liz Schwartz, Jeff Seelbach, Lindsay Underwood (logo/graphics)This episode was supported by a fellowship at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
Just like a timeless melody, our conversation with composer Jongnic Bontemps, whose latest project is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, was an unforgettable one. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Jongnic's musical journey began at an early age with a simple request. His mother really wanted to hear an organ in the house. The piano soon became Jongnic's best friend while his exploration grew to include performing in bands. Because the journey of a creative is often sinuous, we talk about how he ended up heading to Yale University to become a lawyer and after another pivot, landed what ended up to be a 15 year career in tech. He became one of a few Black chief technology officers in Silicon Valley until he heard a calling from a much higher source. We talk in-depth about the journey from law to music to software development and ultimately the world of post-production as he's composed for over 50 projects. We discuss the beauty of making and maintaining connections with other creators and the purposeful sustainability it can bring, which led Jongnic to composing for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. His impressive credentials include projects like, The Land, United Skates, Boomerang (TV series), The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, Sharia, My Name Is Pauli Murray, Godfather of Harlem, Creed II, The Secret Life of Pets, Unbroken, The Imitation Game, Godzilla, Carrie and the video games, Call of Duty: WWII and Redfall. Host: David Hunter Jr. | Executive Producers: Daniel K. Hunter, David Hunter Jr, Tatiana M. Johnson | Producers: Eric Johnson, Aurelia Belfield | Editor: Landon T. Bost | Audio Post/Re-recording Mixer: Trailblazer Studios® | Special Guest: Jongnic Bontemps | Theme Song: "Sanctuary" by Chvrles | BTS Photography: J Nyce | Produced by Made for More Entertainment in association with Trailblazer Studios and Landon Bost Media Stay tuned for more episodes of Post In Black's fourth season as we continue to amplify the stories and experiences of Black professionals working in post-production. Look out for new episodes every second and fourth Wednesday. RELATED VIDEOS Post in Black – Season 4: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm2w_b9TK6WAYLhXPNkA52FWM49JEbMwY Post in Black – Season 3: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm2w_b9TK6WDVPHsYggzwBdwOTsJvt5pb Post In Black – Season 2: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm2w_b9TK6WCA1y1AEh-lSn9ga9yZv5sq Post In Black – Season 1: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm2w_b9TK6WBUJGPdXlHNIn8nuQBxri4U CONNECT WITH POST IN BLACK & MADE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT https://www.madeformoreent.com/ IG: @PostInBlack & @MadeForMoreEnt Twitter: @PostInBlack & @MadeForMoreEnt FB: @PostInBlack & @MadeForMoreEntertainment CONNECT WITH JONGNIC BONTEMPS INSTAGRAM: @Jongnic TWITTER: @Jongnic FACEBOOK: Jongnic Bontemps SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@madeformoreentertainment LISTEN TO THE PODCAST https://anchor.fm/postinblack --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/postinblack/support
Meet Academy Award nominated documentarian Julie Cohen. Julie's revelationary body of work has helped the world discover divine truths in films like RBG (2018), My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021) and The Sturgeon Queens (2014). Julie's artistic craft adds a unique dimension that helps society challenge assumptions with dialogues about passionate pursuits of dreams, love and resilience that instill hope for a better tomorrow.
Lil Nas X is a queer icon in Nigeria...just like everywhere else; Josh Hawley Is Selling His "Manhood"; How About That Lip Sync Though?!; "Who We Are" & "My Name Is Pauli Murray" should be required viewing for all Americans. DRAG RACE ALL STARS 7 SPOILER ALERT: 1:11:22-1:19:15 -- SUPPORT: Gen Z For Choice Check out Medway Pride Radio -- Please Subscribe and Give Us A Review (5 stars or more, preferably!) SUPPORT US ON PATREON FIFTEEN MINUTE FAVE: "Swish Swish (feat. Nicki Minaj)" by Katy Perry Fifteen Minute Faves Playlist: APPLE MUSIC SPOTIFY Visit our Linktree PROMO: CK & GK Podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/full-circle-podcast8/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/full-circle-podcast8/support
We're saying goodbye to 2021 (goodbye and good riddance!) with a bang, as we break down behind the scenes stories and facts on our favorite and most memorable interviews. Pop open a beverage of your choice and enjoy as we break down which guests we loved so much we had them on twice, which guests were almost too attractive to interview, which interviews left us speechless, and how our country's racial reckoning gave birth to some of our most powerful interviews yet.It's been an emotional year, but we are still so grateful to bring you episodes filled with substance, hilarity, and heart. Thanks for coming along for the ride. See you in 2022!--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 600 episodes without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and thank you for being vaxxed!--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions
On today's Oscar podcast, recorded November 30, I'm joined by Ryan McQuade where we talk about the Gotham Awards and their potential impact on the awards race with The Lost Daughter sweep and Steven Spielberg's adaptation of West Side Story, which both of us had just seen the night before. This takes us to a conversation about 'crowdpleasers' as potential Best Picture frontrunners with contenders like Belfast and King Richard winning festival audience awards and how West Side Story could factor into that as well. That opens the door for how the several late-breakers and non-festival films this season - WSS, Licorice Pizza, House of Gucci, Nightmare Alley and Don't Look Up - could win or lose the race with other films already establishing buzz and momentum. Today's podcast is supported by Amazon Studios presenting A HERO, from Asghar Farhadi, writer/director of the Academy Award®-winning films A Separation and The Salesman, and winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival. A HERO is Iran's selection for Best International Feature Film. The Hollywood Reporter calls it "one of the best films of the year." For your consideration in all categories including Best International Feature Film. A HERO is in theaters January 7th, and streaming January 21st on Prime Video. Today's podcast is also supported by Amazon Studios presenting MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY, from the directors of RBG. A documentary chronicling both the personal path and tireless advocacy of the social justice warrior whose work foreshadowed some of the most politically consequential issues of our time. The San Francisco Chronicle calls the film "Jaw-dropping...an extraordinary documentary.” For your consideration in all categories including Best Documentary Feature. MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY is streaming now on Prime Video. And finally, today's podcast is also supported by Amazon Studios presenting VAL. For over 40 years, Val Kilmer documented his own life and craft through thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies. Winner of 3 Critics' Choice Documentary Association Awards and praised by the Associated Press as "a remarkably intimate film a lifetime in the making." For your consideration in all categories including Best Documentary Feature. VAL is streaming now on Prime Video. This podcast runs 55m 50s with intros, music and sponsored content.
Today was a chillingly, historically, bad day for women's rights in the United States of America. The right-wing, reactionary Supreme Court heard stunning oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case intended deal a death blow to Roe v. Wade and make abortion in America essentially illegal. But in listening to the arguments and to the mind-altering questions of the six conservative justices, you can hear far more than the death knell of Roe. After 50 years of the merger between right-wing corporate interests and right-wing Evangelical Christianity within the conservative movement and the Republican party, the Supreme Court has become the ultimate and unstoppable weapon when it comes to rolling back our democratic values in America. We are in deep trouble. So in this special episode of Rumble, after an introduction from Michael, you will hear the full, unedited oral arguments in what will soon turn out to be an infamous day in U.S. history. Listen, learn, and get ready for the massive, civil, nonviolent unrest that we will soon take part in. Music in the episode: "Quiet" - MILCK https://open.spotify.com/track/4h6YdfAtGaYzNa8Asycyuk?si=42bc3afa30eb4721 -------------------------- Sign-up for Michael Moore's FREE email list at: MichaelMoore.com A full transcript of this episode can be found here: https://rumble.media/category/podcast/transcripts/ -------------------------- From Amazon Studios: "My Name Is Pauli" Gloria Steinem said of “My Name Is Pauli Murray” -- “a beautiful film that vividly captures pioneering attorney, activist, priest and dedicated memoirist” https://www.amazonstudiosguilds.com/titles/my-name-is-pauli-murray/ Great Holiday Gift Idea! Visit Auraframes.com and use the code RUMBLE to take $30 off Aura's best selling digital picture frames. -------------------------- The Moore Store Check out The Moore Store where you can buy hats, shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers – and a portion of proceeds will go to progressive groups and organizations fighting to teach the arts and civics in public schools. Saturday, December 11th is the last day to order for guaranteed USPS First Class Delivery by December 24th. https://store.michaelmoore.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rumble-with-michael-moore/message
Julie Cohen directed and produced alongside Betsy West, the Academy Award-nominated documentary “RBG,” about the pioneering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Their new films include "My Name Is Pauli Murray" about the non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet, and "Julia", profiling America's food icon” Julia Child. Before she started making documentaries, Julie Cohen was a staff producer for Dateline NBC. In this episode, we're talking about fans, social media, and audience building!
This week on “The Tent,” Daniella speaks with filmmaker Julie Cohen, the director of the new documentary feature “My Name Is Pauli Murray.” The two discuss Murray's legacy as a trailblazing civil rights figure and the influence of their pioneering legal theories that centered LGBTQ and women's rights. Daniella also discusses the important next steps for the Build Back Better Act after its recent passage in the House and the fallout from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdict.
We're basic bitching about some important life lessons after Ange attempts to go to church, and Producer Char brings Prime Rib leftovers on a plane. Trust us, it's more traumatic (and hilarious!) then it sounds. And then we cap off the episode with an interview from Sundance 2021 with two of our favorite guests, director duo extraordinaire Betsy West and Julie Cohen. Their documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray, is available to stream on Amazon, and to watch in select theaters near you. This is one of our favorite documentaries of the year about a woman who was born in 1910, and has been a trailblazer for everything we're still fighting for today, including women's rights, the LGBTQ community, and Black Lives Matter. Support independent filmmakers and learn about this incredible person!You can follow director Julie Cohen on TwitterYou can follow director Betsy West on Instagram and TwitterThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 600 episodes without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and thank you for being vaxxed!--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every other Thursday 9:30 - 10 am on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions
This week on “The Tent,” Daniella speaks with filmmaker Julie Cohen, the director of the new documentary feature My Name Is Pauli Murray. The two discuss Murray's legacy as a trailblazing civil rights figure, the influence of their pioneering legal theories that centered LGBTQ and women's rights, and the task filmmakers have in including new and underappreciated faces into our historical narrative.
Another eight movies are on the docket for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include documentaries about the young star of Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice (The Most Beautiful Boy in the World) and a non-binary black activist (My Name Is Pauli Murray). Ben Whishaw snaps, takes to the streets and goes on a crime spree (Surge) and Freida Pinto tries to solve a mystery happening under her own roof (Intrusion). Tom Skerritt goes off on a journey after a cancer diagnosis to potentially end his life (East of the Mountains) while Melissa McCarthy tries to go on with life after a tragedy (The Starling). Jake Gyllenhaal attempts to solve a crisis as a police dispatcher in Antoine Fuqua's remake of a recent acclaimed Danish thriller (The Guilty) and, finally, Erik and Steve try to answer the question that so many are asking about Dear Evan Hansen. Why? 0:00 - Intro East of the Mountains 7:37 – The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 19:33 – Surge 26:06 – My Name Is Pauli Murray 35:53 – Intrusion 44:29 – The Starling 1:02:59 – The Guilty 1:19:50 – Dear Evan Hansen 1:47:42 - Outro
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by documentary filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen, who are perhaps best known for RGB, their Academy Award-nominated documentary about late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That film provided the impetus for their latest project, My Name Is Pauli Murray, which traces the career of a fierce warrior against injustice whose story has been confined to the margins of history. A pioneering African American attorney, activist, and priest, Murray shaped landmark litigation — and consciousness — around race and gender equity, including the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education and the extension of the 14th Amendment to provide equal protection under the law to all Americans, regardless of sex. Also, Maggie Nelson, author of On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint returns to recommend a major work scheduled to be released in November, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow. Graeber was working on The Dawn of Everything at the time of his death last year.
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by documentary filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen, who are perhaps best known for RGB, their Academy Award-nominated documentary about late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That film provided the impetus for their latest project, My Name Is Pauli Murray, which traces the career of a fierce warrior against injustice whose story has been confined to the margins of history. A pioneering African American attorney, activist, and priest, Murray shaped landmark litigation — and consciousness — around race and gender equity, including the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education and the extension of the 14th Amendment to provide equal protection under the law to all Americans, regardless of sex. Also, Maggie Nelson, author of On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint returns to recommend a major work scheduled to be released in November, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow. Graeber was working on The Dawn of Everything at the time of his death last year.
Producer Talleah Bridges McMahon and Editor Cinque Northern discuss their new documentary MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY with moderator Jasmyne Cannick. This conversation was recorded at The Landmark in Los Angeles on 9/17/21. They are one of the most influential figures in American 20th century history. It's time you learn their name. Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation, Pauli Murray was already knee-deep fighting for social justice. A pioneering attorney, activist, priest and dedicated memoirist, Murray shaped landmark litigation—and consciousness—around race and gender equity. As an African American youth raised in the segregated South—who was also wrestling with broader notions of gender identity—Pauli understood, intrinsically, what it was to exist beyond previously accepted categories and cultural norms. Both Pauli's personal path and tireless advocacy foreshadowed some of the most politically consequential issues of our time. Told largely in Pauli's own words, My Name is Pauli Murray is a candid recounting of that unique and extraordinary journey. Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen (RBG).
Listen in as we interview guests Richard E. Grant, Jonathan Butterell, Max Harwood, Lauren Patel from Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Betsy West, Julie Cohen, Talleah Bridges McMahon from My Name is Pauli Murray and review Come From Away, 9/11: Inside The President's War Room. Host Zoe C. is joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Ashleigh, Calista, Avalon and Eshaan. Before you spend your hard earned dollars at the movies, be sure to listen to what our youth reporters have to say.
Listen in as we interview guests Richard E. Grant, Jonathan Butterell, Max Harwood, Lauren Patel from Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Betsy West, Julie Cohen, Talleah Bridges McMahon from My Name is Pauli Murray and review Come From Away, 9/11: Inside The President's War Room. Host Zoe C. is joined by KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Ashleigh, Calista, Avalon and Eshaan. Before you spend your hard earned dollars at the movies, be sure to listen to what our youth reporters have to say.
We sat down with directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West and producer Talleah Bridges McMahon to chat about their new film MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film takes an in-depth look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall. The film comes out in theaters today (September 17) and will be available on Amazon Prime after theatrical release.
We open the show by reviewing Julie Cohen and Betsy West's compelling documentary MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY (2:01). The film celebrates the life of Pauli Murray, a non-binary lawyer, poet, and priest, who you've probably never heard of, but definitely should have because of their enormous impact on civil rights in the U.S. Next, we take on Jonah Feingold's DATING & NEW YORK (20:04), a disappointingly derivative rom-com that's neither rom nor com to any of us. Lastly, we cover James Wan's MALIGNANT (38:48), a bonkers film that we all had a blast watching, and have just as much fun spoiling, but has us arguing whether it qualifies as "horror" or a "psychological thriller." And on this week's Patreon exclusive audio, we talk about the 2009 Richard Curtis film PIRATE RADIO aka THE BOAT THAT ROCKED.
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by My Name Is Pauli Murray directors, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, and by Professor Patricia Bell-Scott, a consulting producer on the film and professor emerita of women's studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. Professor Bell-Scott's biography, The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice,won the Lillian Smith Book Award. In our Slate Plus segment, Mark Joseph Stern joins Dahlia to discuss this week's terrible shadow docket decisions. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by My Name Is Pauli Murray directors, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, and by Professor Patricia Bell-Scott, a consulting producer on the film and professor emerita of women's studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. Professor Bell-Scott's biography, The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice,won the Lillian Smith Book Award. In our Slate Plus segment, Mark Joseph Stern joins Dahlia to discuss this week's terrible shadow docket decisions. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices