Today, we present some conversations with the filmmakers and artists recognized as this year’s NAACP Image Awards.
[REBROADCAST FROM January 19, 2024] Ava DuVernay wrote and directed the new film, “Origin,” which has been called “one of a kind,” “powerful” and “ambitious.” The story is based around the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and follows Wilkerson as she writes her book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Published in 2020, the book argues for considering racism as an aspect of a caste system like those in India or Nazi Germany. DuVernay and Ellis-Taylor join us to discuss the film, which is in theaters now.
[REBROADCAST FROM April 14, 2023] A new drama, “A Thousand and One,” stars Teyana Taylor as Inez, a young mother in New York City who kidnaps her 6-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system. As Inez builds a home for her son, the two of them are confronted with the realities of gentrification in their community. Writer and director A.V. Rockwell, who was born and raised in Queens, joins us to talk about the film which is now playing in theaters.
[REBROADCAST FROM October 6, 2023] “Story Ave” is a new debut feature independent film from Bronx-born writer and director Aristotle Torres. The movie tells the story of Bronx teenage graffiti artist (played by Asante Blackk), who runs away from home and tries to rob an MTA worker (played by Luis Guzmán). The robbery doesn’t go as planned, and the event changes the course of both of their lives. Torres and Blackk join to discuss their film, which is in select New York theaters now.
[REBROADCAST FROM September 25, 2023] “Invisible Beauty” documents the life of pioneering fashion icon Bethann Hardison, who was one of the first Black models and went on to operate a successful modeling agency promoting models of color. She joins to discuss the film with co-director Frédéric Tcheng.
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