All Of It with Alison Stewart

The Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30. Festival director Tabitha Jackson joins us to preview this year's festival and the films that will be shown.

The producer and rapper Mac Miller, born Malcolm McCormick, tragically died on September 7, 2018. Now, the first extensive biography of Mac Miller's life is set to be released. The book is called, MOST DOPE: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller, and it's written by music journalist Paul Cantor, featuring interviews with Miller's closest friends and collaborators. Cantor is with us to discuss the book and listen to some music. He will also be in conversation in-person with Joel Leon about his new book on February 16 at Rizzoli bookstore at 6pm. Information about the event can be found here.

A new film profiles a classical music and spoken tour featuring actor Bill Murray, cellist Jan Vogler and friends as they tour the world taking the show on the road.

"The Matrix Resurrections" is the fourth installment in the 'Matrix' film series, seeing Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss return to the screen as Neo and Trinity for the first time since 2003's "The Matrix Revolutions." Critic at large for Vox, Emily VanDerWerff, joins us to talk the legacy of the Wachowski sisters' film franchise, which she has discussed in multiple articles, including, "Why The Matrix never stopped being relevant" and "How The Matrix universalized a trans experience — and helped me accept my own."

A new documentary features the work of former ACLU director Jeffery Robinson as he chronicles the history and enduring legacy of racism in America. Filmmakers Emily & Sarah Kunstler, and Jeffery Robinson, attorney and former deputy leagal director of the ALCU, join to discuss their film, 'Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America.'

[REBROADCAST FROM 1/17/20] Andy Lanset, the director of archives at WNYC, joins us for a special Martin Luther King, Jr. Day edition of "Andy in the Archives." 

For WNYC's annual MLK event at Harlem's Apollo Theater, Alison spoke with some key players in African American theater about activism and art. Joining Alison on the Apollo stage were Jonathan McCrory, director of the National Black Theatre of Harlem, and Trezana Beverly, the first African-American actress to receive a Tony Award for “Best Featured Actress in a Play” for the 1977 Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf.

WNYC will air the full Apollo event at 3 PM and 8 PM on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Video can be streamed from our homepage starting at 7 PM.

[REBROADCAST FROM 1/17/2020] Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan join us to discuss their new children’s book, A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story, which tells the true story of Langley, who became the first child to desegregate the Gwynn Oaks Amusement Park in Baltimore. 

Simon Green DJs and produces electronic music under the moniker Bonobo. He approached his new album, Fragments, differently from previous albums, with little opportunity to workshop tracks by playing for live audiences in clubs. The result is a record with room for dance and contemplation, featuring Jamila Woods, Joji, and other artists. Green joins us for a release day Listening Party.