In another edition of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater United Methodist to discuss Lion, global adoption, language barriers, Jelebi, a few non-existent binaries, and how we can reconcile our own identities with our search for community. 

Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org

Read some additional helpful articles:

Watch an interview with the REAL Saroo Brierley and his mother Sue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvLAwvqbO80&ab_channel=BUILDSeries

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In another edition of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Angelina from the First United Methodist Church of Olympia to discuss Jordan Peele's Get Out, red-lining, why "voting for Obama a third time" isn't necessary, and how we can redirect our gaze to see racism through different eyes.

Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org

Read some additional helpful articles: 

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/7/14759756/get-out-benevolent-racism-white-feminism

https://deadline.com/2017/10/jordan-peele-get-out-film-independent-forum-keynote-speaker-diversity-inclusion-1202192699/

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In the VERY FIRST episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Ann from Shelton UMC to discuss the Disney film Encanto, the history of the club, how stereotypes can be subverted, that guy no one talks about, and why change is so darn hard to look at.  

Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org

Read the Polygon Article: https://www.polygon.com/22851932/encanto-disney-latine-colombia-in-movies?fbclid=IwAR0D7ovvsWpLWwDdl7qT8NmlYCxChJ-GcoyCYmmjBbLbhilH6v6iSJWN-uo

See you next month!