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.com

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/

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-knockout
• https://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.org⁠⁠⁠⁠

Read the NY Times article Lauren mentioned:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/opinion/west-side-story-broadway.html

Watch 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.org⁠⁠

Watch Miyazaki animate the last frames of this movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFIE-ISqNoU&ab_channel=GermainLussier

Read 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.org⁠⁠

Read 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.org⁠⁠

Watch 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