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It's our fourth time speaking with a couple of our favorite documentarians (RBG, My Name is Pauli Murray, Julia) - Julie Cohen and Betsy West about they're latest film, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down which does not disappoint.  Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the face in 2011 at an in-person constituent event in a supermarket parking lot. She was severely injured and, at first, it was reported that she died from her injuries. 

The film Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down takes you on a journey of Gabby's life from her humble beginnings, through her incredibly painful and heartbreaking recovery (shout out to her husband, former astronaut,  and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for being the ultimate caregiver!)  to her fighting for stricter gun laws through her non-profit Giffords. 

We spoke with Julie and Betsy about this incredibly timely film and about how they were able to land (spoiler!) President Barack Obama, Gabby Giffords gift of music knowledge, a special surprise that was found in the Kelly/Giffords freezer, how important music therapy was for Gabby's recovery, and so much more. A big thank you to Julie and Betsy for loving what we do and always saying yes to having a conversation with us. <3

Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down will be in theaters this Friday, July 15. Buy your tickets and bring some friends.  

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Not to brag, but this one is good! And not just because W. Kamau Bell is an accomplished stand-up comedian, 5 time Emmy Award winning host, director, and author, but because he is authentic, hilarious, and full of heart. Every time we sit down with him it feels like we've just had the most constructive and fun therapy session, and it just keeps getting better. We dive into whether he considers himself an optimist, the complications of being a tourist in Hawaii, his on screen wardrobe choices (shop Oaklandish!), World War Woke, and his thoughts on the future and our youth. He also describes each episode of season 7 of his show on CNN, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, and some highlights from his most recent book with New York Times best selling author Kate Schatz, Do the Work! An Antiracist Activity Book. Enjoy, support this man, and DO THE F#$+!* WORK!

Season 7 of United Shades of America premieres on CNN on Sunday, July 10th. For more info, click here

Do the Work! An Antiracist Activity Book is on sale July 19th, to pre-order click here

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We got back on the saddle and held a little zoom sesh to basic bitch. We had Char captain this episode and she shared with us her Warriors parade story as well as the first public memorial she helped put together for our friend and podcast sister Dayna Keyes who passed away in late March. Thanks Char for taking the reigns on this one!!

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Back in late April we got to watch a beautiful documentary called Bitterbrush during the SF Film Festival.  The doc. follows Hollyn Patterson and Colie Moline, range riders who are spending their last summer herding cattle in remote Idaho. When Erin sat down with the director, Emelie Mahdavian , they talked about how Emelie met the two range riders and how long it took her to get their trust to film them, how she and her crew managed filming mostly outdoors for months at a time, and the touching story of  Colie's moms' passing. 

Bitterbrush is out now in select theaters. If you need to get your mind off of the terribleness of the world, head out to see this film with  a big ol' bag of popcorn. 

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Music feeds our souls over here on Bitch Talk and it was a joy to watch a documentary that celebrates that magical connection. We had the chance to speak with director/writer/producer Kathleen  Ermitage  who's film Mixtape Triology: Stories of the Power of Music explores three different musicians and their music - The Indigo Girls, Vijay Iyer, and Talib Kweli and the fans who have been inspired by their art. 

Kathleen tells us how she went about finding these stories, what she learned from the conversations she had with musicians and their fans and how they challenged her thinking, how she and her team had to creatively film and edit during the pandemic, and how social justice work was weaved into these stories. Mixtape was such an uplifting story of artists and their fans and we think this could be an episodic in the works. 

You can get tickets to watch Mixtape Trilogy in person at the Bentonville Film Festival  or stream it here: https://www.goelevent.com/BFF/e/MixtapeTrilogy

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It's a pivotal moment in Bitch Talk herstory. We were able to "sit down" with Real World San Francisco cast members (and storytellers) Pam Ling and Judd Winick as well as directors Stacey Woefel and Bill Horner from the documentary Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way.

All of us at Bitch Talk were teenagers when this season of The Real World came out and it was a game changer. We were all affected by this season and knew deep down it was different. And, during San Francisco's Frameline Film Festival, you can see how an activist named Pedro Zamora changed the conversation about being a person who was  living with HIV and then subsequently dies of AIDS. We spoke with Stacey, Bill, Pam, and Judd  about why this film is coming out now, what they may have learned about Pedro that they didn't know while the doc was being made, landing a sit-down interview with President Bill Clinton, what it was like to know Pedro as a friend, how Pedro's family feels about the film, and so much more. 

It was and is an honor to have all of these folks on our show and to be able to talk about Pedro was healing. His presence was felt during this interview and we're moved to keep his memory and activism going -- even if it's just a small part.  We walked away from the interview knowing we need more Pedros in this world. 

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You can see Keep the Camera's Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way at the Frameline Film Festival on June 20 at the Castro Theater and streaming online on June 24 - June 30

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It's Pride month and we're over here celebrating it by featuring a couple of films that will be screening at this years Frameline Film Festival. In this episode, we speak with the director and the subject of the documentary Jeannette . In June of 2016, 49 lives were tragically taken during a mass shooting on Latin Night at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. One of the survivors of that night is Jeannette, a gay single mother struggling to come to terms with a tragedy for which no one will ultimately be held accountable.  

In our conversation with Jeannette and Maris, we speak about giving space to heal (physically and mentally), how Maris handled documenting Jeannette's life after surviving such a trauma, how they handled a very intense scene with Jeannette and her mother, Jeannette's community, and more. 

If you would like to see this film during the Frameline Film Festival, you still have time to grab a ticket for the in person screening or you can stream it at home. At a time where our LGBTQIA community is being attacked in person and online, you can help support their stories by watching these films. 

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The independent film festival Dances with Films is underway and we had the pleasure of watching one of the festival's feature documentaries Rewilding.  Rewilding follows Anthony Dejesus, a 27-year-old budding artist and former Rikers Island inmate, as he leaves New York City for the first time with avid rock climbers and wilderness guides Jesse Spiegel and Vitek Linhart, determined to field test a program to take formerly incarcerated men into the wild. 

The documentary pushes all participants in ways they never imagined and also opens them up to hard conversations with each other and themselves as they travel in a van for 7 weeks around the country. We had on one of the rock climbing leaders who also was the planner of much of the road trip - Vitek Linhart as well as the participant, all the way from the Bronx, Anthony Dejesus. We talked with the duo about the word privilege and what it meant to them before and after the film was finished, pet therapy, how the discussion of race is at the forefront of this film, and more. 

Rewilding is a thought piece film. Even while you watch the hardest parts of the test program and how it unfolds, we hope this inspires more adventures that push conversations about race and privilege  and what it means to be a brown or black person in nature spaces. If you're in the LA area on June 19, head to the world premiere of this special film. We're whole heartedly rooting for these guys. 

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If you're a long time listener of Bitch Talk, you may know the name John Wildman from all of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. You can say John has been our mentor and big brother in the film festival world and now he's on our show to promote his own short film - Sweat of his Cow.  

We had no idea what kind of movie this would be, but we can tell you we were not disappointed. In this episode, we talk to John about where the idea of this film came from ( remember the days of skin-a-max?), the surprise cameo of the "saxophone player" Chris Gardner, John's crazy workout schedule to become a buff looking farmer, and producer Char jumps in to the convo too! 

Sweat of his Cow and many other independent films will  starting screening Thursday, June 9 during the Dances with Films film festival and if you're in the L.A. area, please head out and support these filmmakers. 

Follow John Wildman on Facebook  & at FilmsGoneWild.com

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Hello listeners! We have an election tomorrow, June 7 in San Francisco and one of the city propositions is to recall our District Attorney.  We interviewed the D.A. back in the fall of 2021  and thought it would be a good reminder for our fellow voters to re-run this interview with Chesa. If you haven't voted yet or on the fence about this recall campaign, we hope you'll listen with an open mind and read some of the links we've provided below as reference. This recall is undemocratic periodt.  

Over here at Bitch Talk, we were very happy to welcome San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin onto the podcast. If you're not familiar with him, here's the basics. In 2019, Chesa Boudin ran for the open seat of District Attorney of SF and won by a narrow margin. Chesa ran on a progressive platform talking about the elimination of cash bail, ending mass incarceration, and eliminating racial bias in the criminal justice system. While he was running for office as well as after he won, his very vocal (and heavily funded) opponents have turned to not one, but two recall attempts (the first failed to get enough signatures) to remove him from office for purely political reasons. In our opinion, he's been scapegoated on topics such as car break-ins, theft, and the increase in San Francisco's unhoused population. Hello! Remember that little ol' global pandemic that we all are living through? Anyway, if this recall succeeds, San Francisco Mayor London Breed would appoint a replacement DA. Does that seem like a democratic process?

In this interview, we get to know who Chesa is and where he's from, what the District Attorney's job is and what it isn't, why SF crime stats don't lie (violent crimes are down, btw), his office's achievements, and what he looks forward to. We are thankful for the time Chesa had for us and we hope to have him back again closer to the recall election in June.

Read up folks, there's a lot of dark money out there wanting to take away our voting power, even in San Francisco. 

Need more info about the recall? Here ya go:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/us/chesa-boudin-recall-san-francisco.html

https://48hills.org/2022/06/breaking-new-poll-shows-boudin-recall-is-a-dead-heat/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/justinphillips/article/democrats-republican-playbook-recall-17218804.php

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-dangerous-joke-of-the-chesa-boudin-recall/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/the-trial-of-chesa-boudin

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Here-s-what-the-people-behind-the-Chesa-Boudin-16616934.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/us/san-francisco-recall-chesa-boudin.html

https://sfist.com/2021/11/18/recall-chesa-boudin-campaign-releases-first-tv-ad-featuring-paid-campaign-staff/

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