Paula Blair and Andrew Shail have a post-screening discussion of The Miseducation of Cameron Post (dir. Desiree Akharan, 2018, BBFC cert. 15) about a teenage girl in the USA who is sent to a gay conversion camp. Involves topics such as religion, emotional abuse and self-harm.

Recorded on 14 September 2020

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Paula Blair chats with activist-artist Emma Campbell about her video and photography work alongside her activism as co-director of Alliance for Choice. The discussion involves the need for access to abortion where this is currently illegal in Northern Ireland, the travel involved, politics, and ongoing activism for abortion rights. 

Recorded on 30 July 2018

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Paula Blair reads her essay on the 'disappeared' in the film Nostalgia for the Light (dir. Patricio Guzmán, 2010) and the video installation Ancient Ground (dir. Willie Doherty, 2011).

Recorded on 2 September 2018

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Paula Blair and Andrew Shail talk about screenings of Hindi films in England, focusing on Gold: The Dream That United Our Nation (dir. Reema Kagti, 2018, BBFC cert. 12A).

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Recorded on 22 August 2018

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Paula Blair and Andrew Shail step up to Patron Kristie Smith's challenge to watch some horror with Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele, 2017, 15). Discussion involves racism, violence, slavery and emotional manipulation.

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Recorded on 31 July 2018

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Film doctors Paula Blair and Andrew Shail discuss Skyscraper (dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2018, BBFC cert. 12A). Includes references to 9/11, terrorism, violence, burning buildings and amputation. There's also some chat about cinemagoing, other films connected with the genre, themes and actors, and addressing issues around representation in mainstream film.

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Recorded on 14 July 2018

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Film doctors Paula Blair and Andrew Shail discuss Leave No Trace (dir. Debra Granik, 2018, BBFC cert. PG), cinema audiences and other elements of film and visual culture at the Tyneside Cinema.

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Recorded on 4 July 2018

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Film doctors Paula Blair and Andrew Shail discuss Selma (dir. Ava DuVernay, 2014, BBFC cert. 12). Includes mentions of racial discrimination, violence and sex.

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Recorded on 1 & 2 July 2018

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Film doctors Paula Blair and Andrew Shail discuss The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker, 2017, BBFC cert. 15) in detail. Includes swearing, mentions of sex work, violence, mental illness and child exploitation.

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Recorded on 27 & 28 June 2018

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In episode 20, film doctors Paula Blair and Andrew Shail watch a version of Legend (dir. Ridley Scott, 1985, BBFC. cert. PG). Although the film is rated PG, the topics it raises are more suited to 15+ audiences, e.g. there are references to consensual sex as well as attempted coercive seduction and rape.

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Recorded on 6 June 2018

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