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My guest today is director Laura Seay, and we are talking about her new short film, The Coupon. "A woman finds herself embroiled in a legal nightmare when her husband gives away the cutesy romantic coupon she made for him, to a stranger. Now t
Today my guest is director Crystal Kwok, and we are talking about her new film, Blurring the Color Line. BLURRING THE COLOR LINE follows director Crystal Kwok as she unpacks the history behind her grandmother’s family, who were neighborhood g
Can a mom be an astronaut? Sarah Moshman's latest film is a narrative short based on a true story about the 1st mother in space entitled UNBOUND. UNBOUND stars Lauren Lapkus (Jurasic World, Good Girls, Orange Is The New Black) as Dr. Anna Fis
My guest today is acclaimed author, Robyn Gigl. Robyn's debut novel, "By Way of Sorrow", is thoroughly engrossing; a must-read legal thriller. This is the story of Erin McCabe, a trans women attorney who is defending Sharise, also a trans wome
Venezuelan born, Miami raised actress Maria Corina Ramirez earned her B.F.A in Acting from New World School of the Arts. Shortly upon graduating, she took on several leading and supporting roles in theatres all across Miami in both English and
My guest today is Alyscia Cunningham. We are talking about her new film, "I Am More Thank My Hair". It seems like a simple statement, but it is powerful one. Our conversation is a deep look at what society thinks of as beautiful. We touch on
My conversation today with @sorayagiacarrdi was nothing short of revolutionary! THIS is a call to action: start supporting women in the media, for equal and authentic representation. Behind and in front of the camera. From studios promoting wom
Katsitsionni Fox is a warm, powerful and wise woman filmmaker. What a joy and privilege it was to interview Katsitsionni. Did you know that suffragettes like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony found the inspiration for the suffragette
It's my last commentary of 2020, and my 50th episode! Taking stock here, looking at what changed me this year, and how I changed. Hannah Gadsby's new show, Nanette, on Netflix, and Jingle Jangle! Follow me on Instagram: @dianne_wieler If you
I am so grateful for Venida Rodman Jenkins, and the illuminating conversation we had about cultural humility and conscious consumption of the media. I have realized that white women have the power to change what we see on screen. We vote with o
My guest today is Sujata Day. Sujata’s first feature film, Definition Please, spoke right to my heart. I have bipolar disorder, and I am so glad that it is being seen in a fuller scope. In popular films, we see the extreme side of bipolar disor
Woo hoo! I got the courage up to do a commentary. Good job, me. I am going to do commentaries regularly from now on. Each episode will be about 20 minutes, and I’ll be talking about: Something personal about me; funny family stories, and
Sarah Megan Thomas is a champion for women's stories, and her latest film, "A Call To Spy" is the fantastic telling of 3 heroic women spies in WWII. In 1941 Winston Churchill enlisted women spies in the Special Operations Executive to conduct s
In this special episode, Gangotri Garg, Mansi Goel and I are talking about how this presidency has heightened racism, and how it has effected them personally. We are talking about what is at stake collectively with Election 2020. It is imperat
Wow, what a fantastic talk today with one of my favorite authors, Paula Brackston! Paula is a New York Times bestselling author and her witch series is a pure delight. Last month I finished her book, The Winter Witch and am now reading The Witc
It was my honor to talk with Myisha T. Hill today, and I am grateful for her openness, in our conversation about mental health. This was personal for both of us. Although we have both struggled with mental illness, our experiences within the h
Peshawn Bread is a filmmaker who is going to the places we are not always willing to talk about in our daily lives, but need to. Through her new film in production, The Daily Life of Mistress Red, Peshawn is reframing how we look at sexuality a
Jennifer Reeder is the original Riot Grrrl, and created the films to prove it! Jennifer is one of the most fun, intellectual, intense and passionate filmmakers I have had the pleasure of interviewing. Her films are true reflections of the inne
As you can guess, I was extremely nervous about interviewing a journalist as respected and accomplished as Astrid Martinez. But she immediately put me at ease with her down-to-earth personality and empathy, which I think are two of the qualitie
It was a thrill and an honor to talk with B. Monét, Director this week! In her films, B.Monét poses questions about identity, society, race, and culture. It is vital to her that under-represented people are shown in film, media, and television.
This week I'm talking with Tyde-Courtney Edwards, an incredible woman, who has worked to transcend her own pain, through the healing power of dance. She has now founded her own ballet company, Ballet After Dark, to help other black women trauma
Maebe A. Girl is the first transgender woman to hold office in the United States, and she is fierce! When Maebe decided to run for the Silverlake Community Council in California, she wanted to represent who she was, and acknowledge her whole id
I am beyond excited to tell you about my fabulous guest this week, Director Lisa Donato. Lisa’s first feature film, Gossamer Folds, was just selected for Geena Davis’s Bettonville Film Festival. Gossamer Folds, set in 1986, is about ten-year-ol
In her story, Mutale connects us to the “unfavorable and limiting conditions,” of post-colonial Africa, which forced her emigration. This is the homeland she is seeking to restore within herself, through narrative storytelling. Her story provid
My guest today is Victoria Maxwell, aka the Bipolar Princess. In Victoria's one woman, international performance, "Crazy For Life", she talks about her own experience with having bipolar disorder in a hilarious, honest and moving way. Victori
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