Ubu and the Truth Commission Podcast

Ubu and the Truth Commission

Ubu and the Truth Commission was written by Jane Taylor and first directed by William Kentridge. The play deals with the memories of Apartheid and its aftermath as well as the Truth Commission that was created in an attempt to deal with the traumas of that horrific system. The multi-media spectacle replicates the inner workings of the collective psyche of post-Apartheid Africa.

This podcast was written and produced by: Brittney Mitchell, Connor Lestrange, Emily Francis, Jason Huberman, Kara Wynkoop. 

 

Callejón de los milagros Podcast

Callejón de los milagros

Writer Vicente Leñero and director Jorge Fons teamed up to take Naguib Mahfouz's Midaq Alley and transport this seminal work from the back streets of Cairo to the back streets of Mexico City. The universality of the novel comes to life on screen and when read together the novel and the film make a powerful statement about just how similar we all are.

This podcast was written and produced by: Alexandra Leo, Colton Crockett, Maxwell Mcgrath, Orly Mayer, Peter Blazak.

Midaq Alley (Novel) Podcast

Midaq Alley

This week CultureCast looks at Midaq Alley by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mafouz. The novel gives readers a look into the lives of Egyptians living on a urban back street of Cairo. The street is a microcosm, not only of Egypt, but of any street anywhere in the world. As we will see next time, there can be Midaq Alleys in almost every town as Mexican playwright and screenwriter Vincente Leñero adapts the novel for Jorge Fons who sets it in Mexico City.

This Podcast was written and produced by: Gabriella Mcdannel, Gabrielle Storino, Isaac Futrovsky, Julie Arnold, Jessica Gerstein, and Olivia Ho.

 

Tomboy Podcast

Tomboy

Tomboy (2011) is a French film written and directed by Céline Sciamma who is best known for coming of age films. Tomboy deals with a young trans boy who is trying to understand who he is. This beautiful, poignant, yet painful film gives us insight into what it must be like to be an outsider in your own body.

This podcast was written and directed by: Allyson Bove, Brooke Seidel, Kristen Fisher, Mariana Gonzalez, Sonya Karagelian, and Thomas Ohntrup. 

 

Blackboards Podcast

Blackboards

Blackboards, Samira Makhmalbaf's second film is a poetic meditation on the lives of people who live near the boarder between Iran and Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war. The boarder is an artificial divide for these people but comes with real consequences. A pair of Kurdish teachers in search of students fall in with two groups who are trying to cross the border for very different reasons. The teachers, who carry their blackboards on their backs attempt to teach on the move. The importance of education is manifested in the blackboards, which are used for everything from writing instruments, to shields, to stretchers.

This podcast was written and produced by Haley Barbour, Jennifer Doppelt, John Esposito, Jessica Leon, Molly Monaghan, and Maureen Beichert