The Wiz (1978)
Update: 2025-09-03
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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.
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Read 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/
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