May 8, 2019
This bonus episode features an interview with the great Stanley Nelson, a prolific director telling complex and socially relevant stories in an expert and entertaining way. The episode drops the day before Nelson’s latest film, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, plays at the Maryland Film Festival, in co-host Chris Reed’s hometown of Baltimore.
Stanley Nelson Films Discussed:
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool / 2019
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution / 2015
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords / 1999
Boss: The Black Experience in Business / 2019
Freedom Riders / 2009
A Place of Our Own / 2004
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities / 2017
Two Dollars and a Dream / 1989
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple / 2006
Other Films Mentioned:
Listen to me Marlon / 2015 (Director: Stevan Riley)
Always in Season / 2019 (Director: Jacqueline Olive)
Words From a Bear / 2019 (Director: Jeffrey Palmer)
The Infiltrators / 2019 (Director: Cristina Ibarra & Alex Rivera)
Timestamps:
00:46 - Interview with Stanley Nelson
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Credits:
Artwork by Hilary Campbell
Intro music by Jeremiah Moore
Episode edited by Christopher Llewellyn Reed