Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

In this new episode of Carolyn Talks…, I speak with Cherokee Nation film critic Shea Vassar, we discuss Wild Indian, the debut feature film of writer-director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2021.

When Makwa a young Anishinaabe boy kills a classmate and coerces his friend Ted-O to help him bury the body and the truth, their fates are forever changed. This one terrible day creates a ripple effect leading to even more devastating results in their lives as men. Makwa (Michael Greyeyes) is an emotionally repressed business man who struggles to hide his violent tendencies from his wife and co-workers. Ted-O (Chaske Spencer) is former best friend, tries to adjust to life outside of prison, and away from crime. Burdened by the guilt of helping Makwa to cover up his crime, Ted-O find it hard to let go of the past, and is desperate to atone for what he’s done

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Carolyn Talks… is back with a new episode, this time with animation artist Frank E. Abney III. In this episode, Carolyn discusses Frank Abney’s new Netflix short film Canvas, which has been a passion project of his for years. Written and directed by Frank, the film is a beautiful illustration of how people experience, grief and how the seemingly simple actions of a child can begin the process of healing.

With it’s clear and beautiful 3D animation that mimics a painting Canvas is a poignant story about Arthur an elderly painter who’s lost his inspiration to create, and see the beauty in his surroundings following the death of his wife. When his young granddaughter Aura and her mother come to visit, Aura’s art and curiosity create a spark within Arthur by reminding him he still has a story to tell and his memories are worth holding onto.

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LaNeysha and Carolyn are back with their first new episode of 2021! We are finally back to doing the original format of the show, where the ladies discuss all of the things they have watched and read for the month. On this episode they get into the and discuss the fan comic created by Stephanie Willians, Living Heroes, the latest Studio Ghibli Film, Earwig and the Witch, WandaVision and much more!

We apologize for the technical issues with the audio toward the end of this episode.

Carolyn's Picks

Summer of Soul by Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson

Wild Indian by Lyle Michell Corbine Jr.

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir by James Redford

Living Heroes 

LaNeysha's Picks

Film: Earwig and The Witch by Gorō Miyazaki (2020)

Book: The Art of Howls Moving Castle

Television: WandaVision 

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The 2021 Sundance Film Festival began its week of screenings and various online events on January 28th, among those screening, is 

Doublespeak, an original film entered into Short Films Program. In this episode of Carolyn Talks…, I speak with writer and director Hazel McKibbin, and actress Angela Wong Carbone about their technical and emotional approaches to preparing for and making the film, and finding catharsis through art.

For her first short film writer and director, Hazel McKibbin takes a day in Emma’s life that is a day many others face and scrutinizes the ways the corporate world – or any work environment really – creates an unsafe work environment for employees when the people in charge allow those with seniority to abuse their power by intimidating, harassing and even assaulting their subordinates. She deftly shows the moral and ethical failings that occur when the benefit of the doubt is placed on the antagonizer and places the burden of proof and doubt on the victims.

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Like a right of passage, and matter of survival, learning to hear the words unspoken, decipher every gesture and look, navigating the tests and expectations placed on us by society, from a young age is something that every woman has gone through. In Writer and Director Bora Kim's emotionally stirring debut feature House of Hummingbird, 14-year-old Kim Eun Hee (Park Ji Hu) is discovering those skills to be just what she needs to make it through a year of turmoil, abuse, trauma and self-discovery.

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On February 22, winners of the 18th Annual ACTRA Toronto Awards were announced during a ceremony at The Carlu, in downtown Toronto.

Just before the ceremony commenced, Carolyn spoke with Theresa Tova, President of ACTRA about the work the organization has been doing, Canada's place in the film industry and increasing diversity and visibility for Actors of Color

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For her feature film debut writer and director Mariko Bobrik gives insight into how the structured lives of a cook and his young daughter gradually changes when she begins to rebel, and he begins preparing new dishes in The Taste of Pho which screened in the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival during it's first ever digital event.

In this new episode of Carolyn Talks... I speak with Bobrik about how her film beautifully illustrates the love, a family grieving the loss of a loved one, the emotional toll being an immigrant takes on People of Color, and how food fits at the center of the all.

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