From award-winning films to insightful instagram captions, Che Applewhaite creates work that makes you think deeper about what we see in artistic and academic spaces. In this episode Che reflects on his filmmaking practice, audience engagement in virtual vs physical spaces, and his future projects.

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“A New England Document”: https://www.criterionchannel.com/a-new-england-document

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@livwutang @aliceyardinsta @j_______g_______

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Timecodes:

(1:20 ) Intro to Che and “A New England Document”

(6:54 ) Che’s work in relation to Harvard

(13:32 ) Academia and the depth of audience interaction

(20:15 ) Instagram as a creative tool

(22:51 ) Audience engagement in virtual spaces

(24:41 ) ”I Am the World”

(29:25 ) tiktok and social media politics

(33:10 ) Patreon, NFTs, and online compensation

(36:52 ) New mediums of Che’s artistic expression

(39:47 ) The most interesting people on Che’s timeline

(42:42 ) Che’s future work

(44:32 ) Outro