Anti Racist Film Club

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Miss Brittney from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Book of Life, Mexican culture, All Saints Day, traffic lights, bullfighters, and how we can foster curiosity in children to grow their cultural awareness. Learn more about ARFC: ⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfcRead some reviews of the film: https://medium.com/@lauragba39/the-book-of-life-a-cultural-metamorphosis-41992ea59b7dhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2015/01/23/the-book-of-life-puts-latino-culture-front-and-center/

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Wiz, colorism, Motown Productions, L Frank Baum, learned incompetence, and how to negotiate the "canon" of beloved adaptations. Learn more about ARFC: https://bravestfire.comRead some reviews of the film: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/articles/what-the-wiz-was-and-is-to-black-culture https://heycheyennehey.com/2016/08/20/the-unapologetic-blackness-of-the-wiz/

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Creed, boxing films, healthy masculinity, Michael B Jordan, Ryan Coogler's filmography, Philadelphia, and the repeated subversion of genre expectations . Read some reviews of the film: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/07/rocky-race-and-reality-why-creed-is-a-heavyweight-knockouthttps://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/review-creed/https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/02/14/ryan-cooglers-creed-and-its-images-of-blackness.html

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss West Side Story, musicals, gang violence, gentrification, trans representation, accuracy vs authenticity, Rita Moreno, and a few flaws in the American Dream. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠⁠⁠Read the NY Times article Lauren mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/opinion/west-side-story-broadway.htmlWatch a video essay on changes between the 1961 and 2021 versions of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwGsNPHvghU&ab_channel=BeKindRewind

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kelly from Shelton UMC to discuss Next Goal Wins, deconstructing the white savior, soccer, satire, Taika Waititi, American Samoan culture, and trans representation. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠⁠

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Wind Rises, anime, complicity, Studio Ghibli, resisting the spiritual forces of wickedness, secret police, and the beautiful cursed dreams in our world today. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠Watch Miyazaki animate the last frames of this movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFIE-ISqNoU&ab_channel=GermainLussierRead an online review: https://cinemafromthespectrum.com/2016/05/26/the-wind-rises-review/

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Flamin' Hot, Cheetos, representation, problematic endorsement of capitalism, initiative, and how the flavors of a Mexican neighborhood changed chips forever. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠Read the articles Pastor Kellen mentioned: https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/06/09/flaminhotreview/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/opinion/flamin-hot-propaganda.html

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Six Triple Eight, historical dramas, systematic racism, Major Charity Adams, intersectionality, and the heroism of these forgotten American soldiers. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠Watch an interview with Kerry Washington: https://youtu.be/LS2Rnq4sCpk

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kelly from Shelton UMC to discuss Stamped From The Beginning, the myth of Whiteness, Harriet Jacobs, the evolution of lynching into police brutality, Black progress, and questions we should all ask ourselves about the myths we've been taught (or might still believe). Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss See You Yesterday, Black excellence, time travel ethics, sucking teeth, Caribbean influence, 40 Acres and a Mule. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠⁠ Read the articles Pastor Alexa mentioned: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/02/18/america-black-excellence-declaration-exceeds-trends/6788074002/ https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/see-you-yesterday-2019 Watch a video on the culture of sucking teeth: https://youtu.be/l9x84MgFwYQ?si=rOoH7-yBSkl0Fk0x https://www.ankataa.com/blog/suck-teeth-in-west-africa

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Christmas in the Clouds, the vile history of Indigenous peoples on screen, subversive normalcy, fantasy romance novels, militant vegetarians, and goofy holiday hijinks. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠ Read the article Pastor Kellen mentioned: https://www.nhonews.com/features/christmas-in-the-clouds----a-movie-review/article_224f8f3d-0ae0-5319-955f-a200130c5660.html Watch a short interview with Marian Tosca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxIRQUxAKE&ab_channel=argosgem

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss Black-ish, sitcoms, bi-racial identities, Black History Month, Lewis Howard Latimer, and what it looks like to learn through laughter. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠ Watch an interview with the cast: https://youtu.be/cDQxanaj0H0?si=FJj-33XqwTIUz_J9

In this spooky kickoff to season 3 of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Denise from St Andrews UMC to discuss Nope, horror movies, exploitation, jellyfish anatomy, processing trauma, and the inherent contradictions of spectacle. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠⁠https://fumcoly.org⁠ Get on the ARFC mailing list: multimedia@fumcoly.org Watch a video essay on the theme of spectacle in Nope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n74ZpnPY_yI&ab_channel=ThomasFlight Watch and interview with the cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__SNN6xpFx4&t=941s&ab_channel=EntertainmentWeekly

TW: Discussion of Sexual Assault In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss The Woman King, white greed, the Agojie, how community fights patriarchy, TULIP, Afrofuturism, and the beasts we must name to heal together. Find more info about the ARFC here: ⁠https://fumcoly.org Listen to the podcast Pastor Alexa referenced: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/623/we-are-in-the-future-2017 Watch an interview with the cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBYm8uyLZ78 Octavia Butler: https://www.octaviabutler.com/ NM Jemisin: https://nkjemisin.com/

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kelly from Shelton UMC to discuss 42, baseball, segregation, the color of greed, racial slurs, hate mail, and the exceptional life of Jackie Robinson. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Read a few reviews of the film when it first came out: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/movies/42-with-chadwick-boseman-as-jackie-robinson.html https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/42-review-a-black-story-told-by-a-white-man-full-of-sound-and-fury-signifying-little.php https://www.mic.com/articles/32663/42-movie-review-film-enables-public-to-discuss-racism-in-entertaining-way See you next month!

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Brittney Gilleland from First Olympia UMC to discuss Kung Fu Panda 2, children's ministry, inner peace, processing trauma, found family, and why the difficulty of anti-racist discussion is a necessary burden. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Watch a cultural breakdown of the first Kung Fu Panda film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1eHIfUyYfs&ab_channel=XiranJayZhao See you next month!

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to discuss Bend It Like Beckham, soccer, LGBTQ+ themes, hypocrisy, curry, and navigating the preservation of culture in diaspora. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Read my college paper (for fun!): https://storage2.snappages.site/JDVQQW/assets/files/ENG-464-Final.pdf Watch an interview with Gurinder Chada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shnHWt_-jHg See you next month!

TW: discussion of sexual assault, self-harm, and violence In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen and Laura Edmonston from Tumwater UMC to discuss Wind River, the historical portrayal of "cowboys and Indians" on film, cultural genocide, coyotes, systemic barriers to justice, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Learn more about the MMIW movement: https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw https://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/alerts-missing-persons/missing-indigenous-persons/ https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/facing-race/missing-indegenous-women-people-in-washington-state/281-488a7687-bafc-49dd-9d0d-b38fdc46844a https://apnews.com/article/indigenous-people-cold-case-unit-washington-96a1bab5f5e124c3d8b183c688733983 https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/treaty-justice-revisits-the-1974-boldt-decision-and-its-far-reaching-impacts/ Read the article Pastor Kellen mentioned: https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-18/tribal-affairs-why-do-white-writers-keep-making-films-about-indian-country/ See you next month!

In this alternate universe episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Pastor Alexa sits down with Lauren to discuss Lilo & Stitch, deleted scenes, alienation, the Hawaiian language, the insidious tourist industry, Pudge the magic weather-controlling fish, and how this film walks the fine line between cultural appreciation and appropriation. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Read the essay we mentioned about Aloha 'Oe: https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=suurj Watch some BTS footage:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd2SlEFuj4o&ab_channel=Arrghigiveup

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kelly from Shelton UMC to discuss the original adaptation of The Color Purple, the portrayal of black men on film, Steven Spielberg, white supremacy in prisons, Hollywood marketing, and the holistic beauty of black joy. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org Read the Clarence Page article I mentioned: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-30-8601230650-story.html EDIT: the information I was referring to was actually from this NY Times article. My bad: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/27/us/blacks-in-heated-debate-over-the-color-purple.html Watch an interview with Whoopi Goldberg about some of the film's controversy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIh4uaLyJMI&t=4s&ab_channel=FoundationINTERVIEWS Watch LOTS of behind the scenes footage from the filmmakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfVlK58Zm-g&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Entertainment See you next month!