In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss American Fiction, hypocrisy, "progressive" white women, isolation, the cost of genius, how stereotypes flatten people, and the nature of storytelling.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠⁠

Watch a video essay on the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufkh0rVOB0YWatch an interview with the cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvpDe7gVmaY

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Heather and SPECIAL GUEST, Sam Sparkman from First Olympia UMC to discuss Into The Spider-verse, Miles Morales, comic book history, animation, representation, stereotypes, and one talking pig.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠⁠

Watch a video about the Visual Effects in the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wUKu_V2Lk

Watch a video about the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbKHKntpCc

Read an article about the sequel Across The Spider-Verse: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-post-racial-vision-of-across-the-spider-verse

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss Dance Me Outside, racist source material, stereotypes, Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, and whether or not vigilante violence can be justice.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠⁠

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Kristin from First Olympia UMC to discuss Rustin, the 1963 March on Washington, overly-polished cinematography, intersectional identity, and the importance of creating space spaces for people to participate with their full authentic selves.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠

Watch an interview with the filmmakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0YtYu7qiI

Watch a short animated video about Bayard Rustin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJcUnXTaCgU

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss Minari, internal family conflict, assimilation, ostracization, grandmotherly stereotypes, and the importance of recognizing the "same" culture has many shades of difference.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠

Read an interview with the Director: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973262034/lee-isaac-chung-jotted-down-some-family-memories-they-became-minari

A Couple Video Essays:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwHVtrOeBxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkC4SoeMh2E

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Allison from St Andrews UMC in Lacey to discuss My Neighbor Totoro, anime, shinto beliefs, a history of Japanese art, censorship, and childhood imagination.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠⁠

Read about cultural connections you might have missed on your first watch: https://www.jcablog.com/post/my-neighbor-totoro-review-analysis

Watch a video essay on the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsCNt9pZj5I

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC to discuss Koran By Heart, fundamentalism, stereotypes, the preservation of language, religious vs secular education, and the diversity of the Islamic World.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc⁠

Read an interview with the film's director: ⁠http://www.tandemproject.com/issue_statements/statements/2011/122811_issue.htm

TW: Discussion of sexual assault and genocide

In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Allison from St Andrews UMC to discuss Sugarcane, documentaries, cinema verité, accountability, atrocities committed in Indigenous boarding schools, intergenerational trauma, and language preservation.

Learn more about ARFC: ⁠⁠⁠https://bravestfire.com⁠/arfc

Watch an interview with the film's directors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TZMu35E2xc&t=675s

The book Pastor Allison mentioned: https://www.blackgarnetbooks.com/item/z3YkwCEgoISya2tD5iQyFQ