Best Kevin Chavez Podcasts (2024)

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Alan O’Leary and Evelyn Kreutzer on the Importance of Writing on Video Essays 56:07

4h ago56:07

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There’s been a lot of debate about what the relationship should be between videographic criticism and writing. Some have wondered if video essays could function as stand-alone scholarship and break free from having to be framed by text-based explanations such as creator statements or peer reviews. But even if one acknowledges the role of writing in…

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Cinema & Machine Vision: Live at The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence w/ Daniel Chávez Heras 1:11:22

28d ago1:11:22

1:11:22

Today's episode features a conversation recorded live in May at The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence in London. The event featured as the launch of Cinema and Machine Vision: Artificial Intelligence, Aesthetics and Spectatorship, a new book from Edinburgh University Press by Daniel Chávez Heras, who is a lecturer in the Department of Digi…

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THE EXTENDED PLAY: Johannes Binotto & Kevin B. Lee Live at Austellungsraum Klingentalat 31:11

2M ago31:11

31:11

From movies to television, YouTube to TikTok, it’s a big world of audiovisual media out there. How many videographic works have tried to take them all in? A new installation work has tried to do just that. The Extended Play is a collaboration between artists Anina Müller and Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, which was exhibited at the Austellungsraum Kling…

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Krista Calvo & Colleen Laird on Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History 52:44

3M ago52:44

52:44

Today's episode is the first in a series of conversations on videos created as part of the project, Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History (DWGHFH), a year-long video essay mentoring and training program that culminated in a videographic special issue of MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture. Led by Alison Peirse, DWGHFH features the work of thirty …

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Making Video Essays About Alice Diop 34:36

4M ago34:36

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Today's episode is the fourth in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded b…

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Episode 44. Remixing George W. Bush w/ Christopher Jason Bell 1:01:45

4M ago1:01:45

1:01:45

Today's episode features a conversation with filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell, who joins the show to discuss Miss Me Yet, his ten-part found footage series on the presidency of George W. Bush and rehabilitation of Bush's image in recent years. The series is available to stream for free via Means TV. Also, check out an essay on Miss Me Yet written b…

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On Videographic Berlinale: Viewing Tips with Libertad Gills & Evelyn Kreutzer 37:21

5M ago37:21

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Today's episode is the third in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded by…

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Episode 43. Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History w/ Alison Peirse 55:57

5M ago55:57

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Today's episode features a conversation with Alison Peirse, a horror film scholar and professor at the University of Leeds. Alison led the project Doing Women’s (Global) (Horror) Film History (DWGHFH), a year-long video essay mentoring and training program that culminated in a videographic special issue of MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture. DWGHFH fea…

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On Weirdness and Memory: Viewing Tips with Evelyn Kreutzer & Kevin B. Lee 38:25

6M ago38:25

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Today's episode is the second in an ongoing collaboration between The Video Essay Podcast and "The Video Essay: Memories, Ecologies, Bodies," a three-year research project on video essays led by Kevin B. Lee, Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema at USI University of Lugano, with Johannes Binotto and Evelyn Kreutzer, and funded b…

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Episode 42. Kleber Mendonça Filho on 'Pictures of Ghosts' 30:40

7M ago30:40

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On today's episode, Will talks with filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho about his new film, Pictures of Ghosts. Set in the director's home city of Recife, in the Pernambuco state of Brazil, the film is a self-described "multidimensional journey through time, sound, architecture and filmmaking." Kleber talks about the film's origins, the art of voiceove…

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Curating Sight & Sound's Best Video Essays of 2023 41:28

8M ago41:28

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Today's episode centers on Sight & Sound magazine's new list, "The Best Video Essays of 2023." In a conversation moderated by Kevin B. Lee, the curators of this year's list, Irina Trocan, Queline Meadows, and Will Webb, discuss the results of the poll, their curatorial strategies, and offer general thoughts on the video essay landscape in 2023. Thi…

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Episode 41. Feminist Videographic Diptychs with Catherine Fowler 1:24:43

9M ago1:24:43

1:24:43

On today's episode, Will is joined by Catherine Fowler, a film scholar based at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Catherine curated the most recent special issue of the journal, [in]Transition, which features feminist videographic diptychs by six scholars: Nicole Morse, Maryam Tafakory, Melissa Dollman, Paola Voci, Maud Ceuterick, and Catheri…

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Episode 40. Evelyn Kreutzer on Videographic Vulnerability 1:37:40

11M ago1:37:40

1:37:40

On today's episode, Evelyn Kreutzer, a Berlin-based scholar, curator, and video essayist, joins to discuss her videographic origin story, collaborative projects (including Once Upon a Screen and Moving Poems), videographic vulnerability, the new Videography section of the journal zfm, and more. We also discuss Evelyn's video essay, "Footsteps," and…

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Episode 39. Alan O'Leary on Parametric Criticism & the Videographic Society 1:12:37

1y ago1:12:37

1:12:37

Today's episode features a conversation with Alan O'Leary, a scholar and artist based at Aarhus University. On today's episode, we discuss Alan's origin story, the videographic "society," academic labor and mode, organizing videographic events, and more. We also discuss Alan's video, "Nebular Epistemics: A Glossary (Scholarship Like a Spider or Spi…

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Episode 38. Alexandre O. Philippe on 'Lynch/Oz' 35:38

1y ago35:38

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On today's episode, writer-director Alexandre O. Philippe joins to discuss his new film, Lynch/Oz, which explores the relationship between the cinema of David Lynch and The Wizard of Oz (1939). Will and Alexandre discuss his influences, why he makes films about films, the importance of the theatrical experience, and collaborating with a group of wr…

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Episode 37. What is a Videographic PhD? 1:09:18

1+ y ago1:09:18

1:09:18

What is it like to study for a videographic PhD? On today's show, Emily and Will are joined by Jemma Saunders and Cormac Donnelly, who are pursuing PhDs at the University of Birmingham and the University of Glasgow, respectively. We talk about what prompted them to pursue videographic PhDs, how their universities evaluate and think about such work,…

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Episode 36. Bianca Stigter on 'Three Minutes: A Lengthening' 43:44

1+ y ago43:44

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On today's episode, Will is joined by the critic and filmmaker Bianca Stigter, director of Three Minutes: A Lengthening. Bianca and Will discuss the film's origins as a video essay, the process of creating this documentary, the various videographic techniques employed, and much more. Depending on your location Three Minutes: A Lengthening is availa…

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Episode 35. Amanda Kim on 'Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV' 45:23

1+ y ago45:23

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Today's episode features a conversation with Amanda Kim, director of the new documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV. We discuss Paik's life and work, how Kim approached the project, archival documentary practice, the role of community in Paik's life and in the creation of this film, Paik's shaping of video art and today's internet culture…

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Episode 34. Cary Grant: A Class Act 1:06:16

1+ y ago1:06:16

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Today's episode features a conversation with video essayists who participated in "Cary Grant: A Class Act," a collaboration between the podcast and the Cary Comes Home Festival, directed by Dr. Charlotte Crofts. Video essayists were asked to submit works that deal with class in relation to the life and/or work of Grant, who was born Archibald Leach…

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Episode 33. Adam Tinius (Entertain the Elk) 1:03:09

1+ y ago1:03:09

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Adam Tinius, known on YouTube as Entertain the Elk, joins the show to discuss his videographic origin story, life as a full-time video essayist, the self-doubt that comes with YouTubing, his creative process, and much more. He, Will, and Emily also discuss Adam's video, "How Movies Helped Me Process My Mother's Death," and "The Social Network - Ten…

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Episode 32. Openness & Videographic Criticism 54:03

1+ y ago54:03

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Today's episode of The Video Essay Podcast features reflections from the organizers and participants of a recent symposium held in Hannover, Germany from November 2-4, 2022, "Videography: Art and Academia. Epistemological, Political and Pedagogical Potentials of Audiovisual Practices." Learn more about the symposium here. The episode begins with a …

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Episode 5. Re-Inhabiting the Image - Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery 1:06:30

2y ago1:06:30

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Today's episode features the fifth conversation between Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Kevin B. Lee and Johannes Binotto, recorded as part of the final exhibition of Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery, “Re-Inhabiting the Image.” Filmexplorer, a publication based in Switzerland, invited Chloé, Kevin, and Johannes to each curate video essays centered on vario…

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Episode 3. (Dis)possessions - Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery 49:17

2y ago49:17

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Today's episode features the third of five conversations between Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Kevin B. Lee and Johannes Binotto, recorded as part of the third exhibition of Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery, “(Dis)possessions.” Filmexplorer, a publication based in Switzerland, invited Chloé, Kevin, and Johannes to each curate video essays centered on var…

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Third Anniversary Show: Part III 51:04

2y ago51:04

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Today's show is the final part of the podcast's third anniversary celebration. Will shares clips from episodes twenty-one through thirty-one of the show. Topics include: [02:43] - Kendahl Cruver on viewing an old film in new ways [05:10] - Kevin B. Lee on the exploratory video essay [07:45] - Jemma Saunders on homework and the parametric approach […

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Third Anniversary Show: Part II 31:02

2y ago31:02

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Today's show is part two of the podcast's third anniversary celebration. Will shares clips from episodes eleven through twenty of The Video Essay Podcast. Topics include: [02:17] - Ariel Avissar on curating the Sight & Sound Poll [03:56] - Liz Greene on sound and the "audiovisual" essay [06:15] - Scout Tafoya on labor and The Unloved [10:02] - Leig…

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Third Anniversary Show: Part I 18:24

2y ago18:24

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The Video Essay Podcast turned three-years-old in July! On today's show, Will offers highlights from the first ten episodes of the show. Topics include: [02:15] - Catherine Grant on "working in the flow" [03:48] - Philip Brubaker on an early influence [05:20] - Grace Lee on drafting a script [06:59] - Jacob Swinney on the act of watching [08:17] - …

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Episode 31. Barbara Zecchi 1:36:03

2y ago1:36:03

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Today's episode features a conversation with Barbara Zecchi, a feminist film scholar, critic, festival curator, and video essayist. Barbara has published and lectured extensively on European and Latin American cinemas, women filmmakers, feminist film theory, adaptation theory, gender and aging studies, videographic criticism, and on the use of tech…

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Episode 2. Online Affects - Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery 33:17

2y ago33:17

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Today's episode features the second of five conversations between Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Kevin B. Lee and Johannes Binotto, recorded as part of the second exhibition of Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery, “Online Affects”. Filmexplorer, a publication based in Switzerland, invited Chloé, Kevin, and Johannes to each curate video essays centered on var…

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Episode 1. Home Positions - Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery 33:36

2y ago33:36

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Today's episode features the first of five conversations between Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Kevin B. Lee and Johannes Binotto, recorded as part of the first exhibition of Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery, “Home Positions”. Filmexplorer, a publication based in Switzerland, invited Chloé, Kevin, and Johannes to each curate video essays centered on vario…

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The TV Dictionary w/ Ariel Avissar 26:28

2y ago26:28

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Today's episode features a short conversation with Ariel Avissar, a lecturer, PhD student and Tisch Film School Scholar at Tel Aviv University, and the creator and curator of the ongoing TV Dictionary project. The premise of the project? Try to capture the essence of a TV series with only a single word. The task? Make a short video that pairs the d…

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On Your Screen: Vidding, A History 1:21:51

2+ y ago1:21:51

1:21:51

Today's episode of On Your Screen features a conversation with Professor Francesca Coppa, author of the new book Vidding: A History. We discuss the history of the form, the community of primarily women creators who pioneered vidding, online fan communities, the impact of technologies like the VCR, personal editing software and YouTube had on the fo…

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Episode 30. Jordan Schonig 1:34:31

2+ y ago1:34:31

1:34:31

Today's episode begins with perhaps the most important news in show history: Emily Su Bin Ko has joined The Video Essay Podcast as associate producer! The show starts with a conversation between Emily and Will and an introduction to Emily and her work. The episode also features a conversation with Jordan Schonig, a lecturer at SUNY Binghamton. Scho…

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On Your Screen: @DancerOnFilm 40:54

2+ y ago40:54

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Today's episode features a conversation with Anthony Hon, the creator and curator of the popular Twitter account, Dancer on Film. We discuss Anthony's curatorial approach, how he thinks of his Twitter account as a rotating gallery, and his passion for the musical genre. Follow the account @DancerOnFilm. On Your Screen is a relatively new show dedic…

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Episode 29. Thomas Flight 1:30:50

2+ y ago1:30:50

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Today's episode features a conversation with Thomas Flight, one of the most popular and prolific video essayists currently working on YouTube. We discuss Thomas' origin story, his audience, and how he balances paying the bills as a full-time video essayist with his passion projects. We also discuss his video essay, "The Side of Scorsese We Don't Ta…

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Episode 28. Broey Deschanel 1:06:55

3y ago1:06:55

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Today's episode features an interview with Maia, the YouTuber known as Broey Deschanel. Today's topics include Maia's introduction to video essays, her creative process, why YouTube is currently in a "magic moment" of virality, censorship and the YouTube algorithm, how and why to cite the work of other video essayists, why humor is funny, and much …

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On Your Screen: @SilentMovieGIFs 52:14

3y ago52:14

52:14

On Your Screen is the new monthly show about digital film culture. Today's episode features a conversation with Don McHoull, the creator of the popular Twitter account @SilentMovieGIFs. We discuss the history of the account, Don's curatorial approach, why the GIF is an ideal medium for the sharing of silent film, how content spreads on the internet…

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S1 Episode 12: Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon – The Daughters of Bilitis 44:27

3y ago44:27

44:27

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon have the distinction of being the first gay couple to be married in the state of California. But their journey to the altar is far from an easy one. That's because, after that fateful day in 1949 when girl meets girl, the two will spend much of their 55-year love affair fighting for basic human rights beginning with the …

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Episode 27. Ian Garwood 1:59:22

3y ago1:59:22

1:59:22

Today's show features a conversation with Ian Garwood, senior lecturer in Film & Television Studies at the University of Glasgow, and one of the leading practitioners of the academic audiovisual essay. We discuss Ian's background, his creative process, Cary Grant, the role of voiceover in AV criticism, and his award-winning audiovisual monograph, I…

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S1 Episode 11: Cesar & Helen Chavez - An Unbreakable Union 30:59

3y ago30:59

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Cesar Chavez is famous the world over for being a relentless labor leader and civil rights activist who spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of farmworkers and their families. For decades, he worked to get this disenfranchised group higher wages, safer working conditions, and a better life in general. But he doesn’t undertake this monumental cr…

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On Your Screen: The Rise of Film TikTok 39:09

3y ago39:09

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What is Film TikTok, or FilmTok? You've probably seen the videos, either on TikTok or other social media platforms, or perhaps you've seen Queline Meadow's great video essay on the subject. On today's episode of On Your Screen, Queline, also know as kikikrazed on YouTube, answers all the questions you may have about Film TikTok: How does it work? W…

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S1 Episode 10: General Tom Thumb & Lavinia Warren | The World's Biggest "Little" Love Story 43:54

3y ago43:54

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On February 10, 1863, a wedding occurs in Manhattan’s Grace Church that takes New York City and the rest of the world by storm. The “fairy wedding” as it will be known, has a guest list that consists of the crème de le crème of high society and is so popular with the masses that it knocks coverage of the American Civil War (which is at its height) …

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Episode 26. The Scholarly Video Essay 1:29:58

3+ y ago1:29:58

1:29:58

Today's episode features a conversation with Dr. Tracy Cox-Stanton (Savannah College of Art & Design) and Dr. Allison de Fren (Occidental College), two leading videographic scholars who recently co-edited an issue of the online journal The Cine-Files dedicated to the scholarly video essay. Our conversation centers on the creation of the issue, what…

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S1 Episode 9: Eija-Ritta Berliner-Mauer & The Berlin Wall | The “Object” of My Affection 21:52

3+ y ago21:52

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Great love stories come in all shapes and sizes and the one Swedish model-maker Eija-Ritta Eklöf has for her man is no exception. The love affair begins in 1961 when she is just seven years old and watching a television program about an electrifying new construction project in Berlin, Germany. Unfolding on screen right before her eyes is the birth …

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S1 Episode 8: Pierre & Marie Curie | Love & Fallout 29:05

3+ y ago29:05

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Pierre and Marie Curie are the most successful and renowned husband and wife team in the history of science. Together they make discoveries in radioactivity (even coining the term ‘radioactivity’) that will lead to everything from the modern X-ray to radiation therapy for cancer treatment. But their path to true love and scientific innovation is fa…

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On Your Screen: Monographs 40:00

3+ y ago40:00

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The second episode of On Your Screen is dedicated to Monographs, a video essay series on Asian cinema commissioned by the Asian Film Archive. Will sits down with Thong Kay Wee and Viknesh Kobinathan, who are programmers at the Asian Film Archive and the coordinators of Monographs, to discuss the series. Monographs will screen alongside Kevin B. Lee…

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Episode 25. Terri Francis 1:15:17

3+ y ago1:15:17

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Terris Francis is an associate professor at the University of Indiana — Bloomington and director of the Black Film Center/Archive. On today's show, we discuss Terri's new book, Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism. Terri and Will met in 2019 at the Scholarship in Sound & Image Workshop, where Terri worked with the films of Josephine Baker. We discuss …

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S1 Episode 7: John & Abigail Adams | A Revolutionary Marriage 31:51

3+ y ago31:51

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John and Abigail Adams are arguably, America’s first power couple. John is one of the United States’ founding fathers and its 2nd President. And although she grows up in a time and place when a woman’s role is a domestic one and they're meant to be seen not heard, Abigail is a true outlier. She is highly intelligent, multilingual, politically savvy…

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On Your Screen: The 2021 Essay Film Festival 40:07

3+ y ago40:07

40:07

For the first episode of On Your Screen, Will DiGravio chats with Michael Temple, the director of the Essay Film Festival and the Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, about the 2021 Essay Film Festival. The festival will run online from 25 March to 3 April. Learn more here.

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S1 Episode 6: Sir Elton John & David Furnish | Saturday Night’s Alright… for Lovin' 27:10

3+ y ago27:10

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Pop icon Sir Elton John became rich, famous, and wildly successful by the age of just 23, but finding true love did not come so easily. After years of alcohol and drug abuse which fueled toxic and destructive relationships with both men and women, Elton knew something had to change. So after getting sober at 43, he decides to bring some new people …

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Episode 24. John Gibbs, plus Douglas Pye on V.F. Perkins 2:47:40

3+ y ago2:47:40

2:47:40

On today's show, Will sits down with John Gibbs, Head of the School of Arts & Communication Design and Professor of Film at the University of Reading, to discuss style-based criticism, his videographic work, and more. They discuss John's video essay, "‘Say, have you seen the Carioca?’," published as part of the AHRC/FAPESP-funded project, "Intermld…

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