Episodes

  • 462: Filmmaker Nia DaCosta of '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple'

    462: Filmmaker Nia DaCosta of '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple'
    Jan 12 2026

    In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome writer/director Nia DaCosta to discuss her latest film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

    Fresh off directing 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, a bold and unsettling expansion of the universe created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, she turns a familiar horror landscape on its head injecting it with psychological depth, cultural tension, and a haunting sense of humanity.

    From redefining studio horror with Candyman, to helming one of the most ambitious franchise films in recent memory with The Marvels, her career has been marked by fearless storytelling and an uncompromising point of view.

    Host: Chalice Williams
    Music by: Sammus
    Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
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    16 mins
  • 461: Nicki Micheaux of 'Night Patrol'

    461: Nicki Micheaux of 'Night Patrol'
    Jan 5 2026
    Happy New Year! In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we interview actor and filmmaker Nicki Micheaux.

    Nicki Micheaux is no stranger to commanding the screen, but in Night Patrol, she delivers one of her most grounded and emotionally charged performances yet. The actress sat down with BGN to discuss her role as Ayanda, a fierce, deeply protective mother navigating a community under siege and the personal stakes that come with survival in a system designed to overlook people like her.

    Set against the backdrop of South Los Angeles housing projects, Night Patrol follows an LAPD officer forced to confront his past when he uncovers a horrifying secret: a covert police task force is endangering the very neighborhood he grew up in. As tensions rise between law enforcement and local street gangs, the film explores what happens when loyalty, morality, and justice collide. At the heart of that chaos is Ayanda, a woman whose strength is rooted not in spectacle, but in her unwavering love for her two sons and her community.

    Host: Jamie
    Music by: Sammus
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    16 mins
  • 460: Teyana Taylor on 'One Battle After Another'

    460: Teyana Taylor on 'One Battle After Another'
    Nov 24 2025
    In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds Podcast, we chat with multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor about her critically-acclaimed work in the Paul Thomas Anderson film One Battle After Another.

    In One Battle After Another, Teyana Taylor delivers a raw, commanding performance as Perfidia, a woman fighting to hold her life together while the world keeps throwing punches. Taylor channels her signature intensity into a character who is both fierce and deeply vulnerable someone navigating personal trauma, fractured relationships, and the quiet battles no one sees.

    Host: Jamie
    Music by: Sammus
    Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
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    19 mins
  • 459: East-O of Truth Teller Productions

    459: East-O of Truth Teller Productions
    Nov 3 2025
    In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome music artist East-O of Truth Teller Productions. The new EP, The Kush, from TTP was released on April 20, 2025 worldwide. The Kush was solely written and produced by East-O (Chris Herbie Holland).

    Host: Jamie
    Music by: TruthTeller Productions/East-O and Sammus
    Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
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    27 mins
  • 458: Actor Taylor Polidore Williams

    458: Actor Taylor Polidore Williams
    Oct 13 2025
    In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome actor Taylor Polidore Williams, best known for her role in the hit Netflix series Beauty In Black.

    Born in Texas and the daughter of an engineer and educator, Taylor grew up surrounded by the arts in the Houston area. She is a proud alumna of HBCU Clark Atlanta University where she studied Mass Media Arts with a concentration in Film. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She stars in Netflix’s hit series She stars in Netflix’s hit series Beauty In Black, as the series lead. Her character Kimmie begins the series as a victim of human trafficking, and perseveres to become the leader of the Beauty in Black empire.

    Host: Jamie
    Music by: Sammus
    Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
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    22 mins
  • 457: Filmmaker RT Thorne of '40 Acres'

    457: Filmmaker RT Thorne of '40 Acres'
    Oct 6 2025
    In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome director RT Thorne making his feature film debut with his movie 40 Acres. Making its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, 40 Acres is now available on Demand and DVD.

    After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere... so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill). But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy.

    Host: Jamie Broadnax
    Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
    Music by: Sammus
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    27 mins
  • 456: From Standing Ovations to Side-Eyes: BGN Breaks Down TIFF 2025

    456: From Standing Ovations to Side-Eyes: BGN Breaks Down TIFF 2025
    Sep 15 2025
    BGN breaks down the films screened at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, which celebrated its 50th year. Jamie and Chalice cover the majority of the films they screened at the festival from the good to ones that gave us some major side-eye.

    Hosts: Jamie Broadnax and Chalice Williams
    Music by: Sammus
    Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 455: Director Zamo Mkhwanazi of 'Laundry'

    455: Director Zamo Mkhwanazi of 'Laundry'
    Sep 1 2025
    In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome filmmaker Zamo Mkhwanazi. Making her feature debut, her movie Laundry will premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival under the Discovery selection.

    Filmmaker Zamo Mkhwanazi’s quietly powerful debut Laundry crafts an intimate portrait of a Black family navigating the uneasy privileges and hidden costs of exemption within the violently unequal system of apartheid South Africa. The film is set in 1968, the same year that negative international opinion against apartheid fomented during the Summer Olympics but 26 years before the end of the institution.

    Host: Jamie Broadnax
    Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
    Music by: Sammus

    For more information on when and where to screen Laundry go here.
    The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept 4-14th.
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    23 mins