Screenwriter and director Cord Jefferson discusses his critically acclaimed film, “American Fiction,” which is a satirical exploration of popular culture’s often narrow and limiting representation of Black people.
Celebrating 1984 NEA Jazz Master Max Roach’s centenary with a conversation about the documentary “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” with co-directors Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro.
Educator, Author, and Filmmaker Dr. Zella Palmer discusses her work in preserving the legacy of African-American and Indigenous culinary history in New Orleans and the South.
Journalist, author, and filmmaker Sebastian Junger discusses his book Tribe—an exploration of how a fractious society disengaged from war may contribute to PTSD suffered by veterans.
Filmmakers and disability rights advocates James LeBrecht and Day Al-Mohamed discuss their work to create a space in media for stories by, for, and about people with disabilities.
In his documentary in process, "EJ Lee: All-American," filmmaker Jason Rhee tells the story of EJ Lee a Korean immigrant in Louisiana who was a phenomenal college basketball player in the 1980s and subsequently attempted to work as a head coach on c...
Filmmaker Loira Limbal talks about her 2020 documentary Through the Night which examines a home-based 24-hour day-care center and the personal cost to the mothers who need it and the woman that runs it.
We’re revisiting this 2021 interview with filmmaker CJ Hunt who discusses his Emmy Award nominated documentary "The Neutral Ground" which explores the struggle to remove four Confederate monuments in New Orleans and the broader mythology around the ...
CJ Hunt discusses his documentary "The Neutral Ground," which explores the struggle to remove four Confederate monuments in New Orleans and the broader mythology around the Confederacy.