We're baaaaaaaack for a fourth season! Jonah and Renessa catch up after a hiatus from the pod and discuss getting hairier as we age, becoming plant parents and home owners, and continued momentum in the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Our guests this week are Rafael Albarrán and Kerry Michelle O’Brien, both from the new film Lupe (HBO Max), which is about a Cuban immigrant who struggles with their transgender identity while searching for their missing sister in New York City’s underground sex industry. Rafael is a Puerto Rican actor and writer trained at The New School for Drama MFA Acting program, who plays the lead in the film, and Kerry Michelle was the Executive Producer, who has been an active member of the film industry for over 30 years across Europe and North America. 

We hear all about the process and experience of being involved in this film and how it impacted each of them personally in their own journeys, Rafael's acting career and poetry, the topic of cis actors playing trans roles, and Kerry Michelle's history from film school in the 80s to editing music videos and being a producer and activist.

Show links:

Boston-based Boston Black Lives Matter and anti-police violence or abolitionist groups on Instagram:
@ffcof2020
@ftpboston
@bostonpsl
@maapb617
@surjboston
@blmboston
@blackatbps

Watch Lupe: https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GX_TRaARFgsM6gQEAAABc

Follow Lupe on Instagram: @lupe.film

Follow Kerry Michelle:
Instagram: @kerry.michelle.o
Linkedin: KM O’Brien
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11101939/

Follow Rafael:
Instagram:
@Rafael.albarran_
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3555611/

Music by Jason Rivera and vocals by Renessa Ciampa

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