Black Girl Film Club

Hey, come see this! We just happened to find a couple of video tapes in the woods! On this week’s episode, we discuss Blair Witch (2016) directed by Adam Wingard and starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Corbin Reid, Valerie Curry, and Wes Robinson. Your favorite twig figures bound in twine—I mean, podcast hosts—discuss the lore of the Blair Witch, the found footage genre, and answering questions you already know the answers to. This week’s recommendations include The Vanishing (1988) and The VVitch (2015) Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub. Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

Welcome back to another episode of Black Girl Film Club! We’re hitting the rink again, this time in the Dirty South with the coming of age classic ATL (2006) directed by Chris Robinson and starring T.I., Evan Ross, Lauren London, Keith David, and Big Boi. In this episode, we talk about classic Southern hip hop, growing up under a Confederate legacy, and what it means to really love were you come from. Our recommendation: Roll Bounce (2005) and Drumline (2002) Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub . Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are breaking out the roller skates and bell bottoms to watch Roll Bounce (2005), directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Bow Wow, Brandon T. Jackson, Chi McBride, Wesley Jonathan, Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good and Rick Gonzalez. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss the life at the rink, teen hip hop stars of yore, and the future of the Black teen film. Our recommendation: Cooley High (1975) Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub . Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

**This Episode is NOT Spoiler Free!** Howdy there partner! This week on Black Girl Film Club, we welcome back friend of the show, Davalyn, and take in the filth and the spectacle of Jordan Peele's latest film Nope (2022), starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, and Brandon Perea. Our recommendations this week: The Twilight Zone - A Traveler (S1E4) Animal(2014) , Annihilation (2018), Burning (2018), and Jaws (1975). Brooke Obie's excellent write up on Nope: https://www.xonecole.com/jordan-peele-nope-explained/ Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub . Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

Black Girl Film Club is back with front-row seats to the robot uprising with this week's pick, Ex Machina (2014) directed by Alex Garland and starring Alicia Vikander, Domnhall Gleeson, Oscar Issac, and Sonoya Mizuno. In this episode, we discuss what makes a being sentient, misogyny in the tech space, and if society is really ready for the consequences of creating a new life form. Our recommendations this week are Her (2013), Smart House (1999), and Gone Girl (2014).

This week on black Black Girl Film Club, we do a deep dive into the dystopian near future of Upgrade (2018), a cyperpunk revenge tale directed by Leigh Whannell and starring Logan Marshall Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, and Melanie Vallejo. In this episode, we try to understand what it would be like to live in the kind of world where police drones and implanted identification codes are commonplace, body mods are reserved for the military, and disability seems to be nonexistent (or readily "curable"). What kinds of tech does the movie think we should we be afraid of and is this world worth saving? Our recommendations: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Prometheus (2012), Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Masterpiece Society (S5E13). Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub . Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

Sa da tay, my damies! We sat down with Cameron and Jordan from White People Won't Save You to talk about a truly once-in-a-lifetime film, Pootie Tang (2001), directed (unfortunately) by Louis C.K. and starring Lance Crouther, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock, J.B. Smoove, and Jennifer Coolidge. In this episode, we interviewed Cameron and Jordan about their White People Won't Save You and the perils of hosting a podcast exclusively about white savior films, the highs and lows of the Blaxploitation era and the homages that followed, and what makes Pootie Tang such a enduring character in 2022. Follow White People Won't Save You: Twitter: https://twitter.com/white_Pod Cameron: https://twitter.com/theblipster1138 Jordan: https://twitter.com/jrsosa18 Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub . Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

On this special episode of Black Girl Film Club, we welcome pop culture archivist Bri Malandro to the show to talk about her favorite movie, Death Becomes Her (1992, dir. Robert Zemeckis and starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, and Isabella Rossellini). If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s, you're probably familiar with Bri's work as an archivist (fka Femburton), regularly posting hard to find images of Black Hollywood icons and musings on pop culture. In more recent years, Bri has gained international recognition for coining the term "the yee haw agenda." In this episode, we talked to Bri about the formative movies of her childhood, what inspires her archival work, ageism in Hollywood, and what it was like to coin one of the most popular terms of the 2010s. This week's recommendations: Freaky Friday (2003) and Mean Girls (2004) Follow Bri: Twitter - https://twitter.com/BriMalandro Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brimalandro/ The Yee Haw Agenda - https://www.instagram.com/theyeehawagenda/ Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub . Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

This week on Black Girl Film Club, we tackle part 2 of our theme on passing with 2021's Passing, directed by Rebecca Hall and starring Ruth Negga, Tessa Thompson, Andre Holland, and Alexander Skarsgard. In this episode, we go into the similarities and differences the film and Nella Larsen's novel, using passing as a way to achieve power and autonomy in early 20th century America, and what happens when white people attempt to pass using Black girl aesthetics. Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter @/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram @/blackgirlfilmclub. Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

This week on Black Girl Film Club, we take a long (very long!) hard look at Imitation of Life (1959), directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner, and Sandra Dee. This melodramatic movie and the original 1934 version are so beloved that they've both been included in the National Film Registry and we honestly can't figure out why. It even secured two Best Supporting Oscar nominations! HOW? Also in this episode: we talk about racial passing and its depiction on screen, novelist Fannie Hearst's life and inspiration for the novel of the same name, and even try to reimagine this movie as a blackmail/murder mystery! Our recommendation this week is Roma (2018) dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Support us with a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Follow us on Twitter @/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram @/blackgirlfilmclub. Visit us at http://www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.