The Oscars were last night and WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT! Some of the wins, the performances, and all of the moments in between!

Our guests tonight are Cocoa Rae David, Brianna Milon, and Sandra and Ike Ntube of Two Beers Cinema Club.

Cocoa Rae David, a New York-based visual artist, curator, photographer, filmmaker, and business owner of By Cocoa Rae LLC. You can visit her website here and follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bycocoarae. She also has a studio, art gallery, and event space called Da Purp which you can follow here: https://www.instagram.com/da_purp.

Brianna Milon is a published author, communications professional and model. You can follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/suunnybri.

Sandra and Ike Ntube make up the Two Beer Cinema Club, a passion project where they celebrate, review, and recommend movies and beer. They love to explore and chat about lesser seen films- from independent to international, to forgotten gems and new releases. You can follow them on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/twobeercinemaclub.

As promised in our episode, we’ve provided videos to critiques and perspectives by Black Women about One Battle After Another:

@Jouelzy’s “One Battle After Another, A White Man’s Wet Dream”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=614S7VuCzb8

Shannan E. Johnson’s “Fetishization, Race & Responsibility in Storytelling | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Film Analysis)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFvXpim_Ozo

Cannonball with Wesley Morris featuring Daphne A Brooks – “We Need to Talk About How ‘One Battle After Another’ Depicts Black Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buPYKnIk8RU

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Chapters:

00:08 - Intro

02:29 – Initial Oscars Reactions

08:57 – Unequitable Speech Times & The Underlying Disrespect for Non-White Film Workers

11:16 – Giving Our Flowers to Delroy Lindo

13:48 – ALL of the shade to Sean Penn

14:30 – Sinners LIVE Performance

20:58 – More Shade for Timothee Chalamet

23:05 – Variety, THE NORTH REMEMBERS

24:42 – Oscar Wins

30:12 - The Influence of Ryan Coogler

35:34 – Avatar Winning Best Visual Effects

42:09 – Political Speeches

47:55 – Final Thoughts

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