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Five by Five: A Movie Podcast
By Subrina WoodTV & Film
Five by Five: A Movie Podcast episodes
- The Magical Negro - Is This Trope Alive and Well in Films and at Work?
The Cinnamon Cinephile and filmmaker Rahima Rice discuss the negative trope of the Magical Negro in films and how this trope spills over into the lives of Black professionals in corporate America.
Rahima R. Rice was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Her most recent work includes the short film Making & Breaking (People’s Choice Award Winner, 2020 OLA Film Festival), the web series Room 513, the one-act play The Eight (2018 Anacostia Playhouse Visions/Revisions New Works Festival, 2020 Affirmation Theatre Company Pro-Black One Acts Festival) and the full-length play At the Full Yum (2019-2020 SigWorks Reading Series). Rahima holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media from the University of the District of Columbia, and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for the Stage & Screen from Lesley University. Rahima is the founder of the DC-based arts & entertainment company The 4208 Group, and curator of the 10-minute play festival The 10-Minute Taste.
48 min - Psychotherapy in Popular Films: Flicks with tips to help us through the COVID-19 Quarantine
As we enter into month seven of life during a pandemic, some of us may feel the need to reach out for help dealing with issues exacerbated by prolonged isolation or close living conditions including; anxiety, stress, or abuse. This episode gives some pointers on working with therapists, either in-person or online, and lists some films that might if nothing else, help get needed conservations started. Plus, we will tip you off to ten great movies, too!
Donna F. Ferber, LPC, LADC is a psychotherapist in private practice for 30 years. She is a licensed professional counselor, a licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor, and an educator. Donna works with individuals and in groups. Her office is in Farmington, Connecticut.
Find a therapist near you. Most therapists are now using teletherapy during COVID-19.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapistsHelp in dealing with domestic violence
https://www.thehotline.org/resources/Help with alcohol abuse
AA.orgAA on line
https://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/options-for-meeting-onlineSupport those who love someone affected by substance abuse
https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetingsSupport and info for LBGTQ youth and parents
https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/youth-resources.htm1 hr 13 min - 10 Black Docs to Watch
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Congressman John Lewis. We will continue the fight for equality and justice in America.
ANGELYN C. FRAZER-GILES is the Executive Director of the National Network for Justice (NNJ). She is also the founder of Solace for Sistas a social and support network of Black and Brown women committed to human and civil rights, and social and criminal justice advocacy and activities.
Angelyn has degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology and the University of Washington. She studied Spanish at the Universidad de Guadalajara in Jalisco, México, and received her Paralegal Certificate from Delaware State University. She is a licensed instructor of Zumba and is currently studying to be an End of Life Doula.
NKECHI TAIFA, ESQ.
Nkechi Taifa is President of The Taifa Group, LLC, and convenes the Justice Roundtable, a Washington-based advocacy coalition advancing federal justice reforms. She is also a Senior Fellow with the Center for Justice at Columbia University. Nkechi previously served as Advocacy Director for Criminal Justice for the Open Society Foundations, as founding Director of the Equal Justice Program at Howard University Law School, and as an adjunct professor at both Howard Law and American University Washington College of Law. She was legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, public policy counsel for the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, and staff attorney for the National Prison Project. As a private practitioner, she represented indigent adults and juveniles and practiced employment discrimination law. Over the course of her career she has spoken extensively across the country on justice reform and human rights issues and has testified before the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the Council of the District of Columbia, the American Bar Association Justice Kennedy Commission, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the U.S. Helsinki Commission.Nkechi Taifa is a founding member of NCOBRA - the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America and serves as a Commissioner on the National African American Reparations Commission. She has written extensively on issues of justice, including four law review articles, and has received numerous awards for her social justice advocacy and accomplishments.Nkechi is the author of a forthcoming memoir, Black Power/Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice55 min - Black Action Films of the '70s A.K.A. My Favorite Blaxploitation Movies
Season 2, Episode 2
The Cinnamon Cinephile (Subrina Wood) sits down with Ron Jones, DJ, and CEO of The StarPower Collective, a Harlem Radio internet show.
Eddie Murphy's Dolemite is My Name (2019) inspired this podcast episode in which Ron and Subrina each list their five favorites Black Action Films of the '70s and discuss why they do not apply the term 'Blaxploitation' to these ten films. The lively session includes Ron Jones' deep knowledge and love of the music that pumps through these movies. Film fans should add any one of these ten films of this the underappreciated genre to their "What to Watch List".
Follow StarPower Collective on Facebook
Suggested Reading:
Blaxploitation Cinema - The Essential Reference Guide by Josiah Howard
50 min - Black Action Films of the '70s A.K.A. My Favorite Blaxploitation Movies
Season 2, Episode 2
The Cinnamon Cinephile (Subrina Wood) sits down with Ron Jones, DJ, and CEO of The StarPower Collective, a Harlem Radio internet show.
Eddie Murphy's Dolemite is My Name (2019) inspired this podcast episode in which Ron and Subrina each list their five favorites Black Action Films of the '70s and discuss why they do not apply the term 'Blaxploitation' to these ten films. The lively session includes Ron Jones' deep knowledge and love of the music that pumps through these movies. Film fans should add any one of these ten films of this the underappreciated genre to their "What to Watch List".
Follow StarPower Collective on Facebook
Suggested Reading:
Blaxploitation Cinema - The Essential Reference Guide by Josiah Howard
1 hr 1 min - Films for Foodies
Season 2, Episode 1
The Cinnamon Cinephile joins Lynne Ustach, a lawyer in Avon, CT who is a food and wine aficionado and traveler. Lynne has taken cooking lessons not only in the U.S. but also in Tuscany and Romania and has chased Michelin star restaurants all over Europe. She’s a Cinephile favorite because is a woman who believes there no such thing as “too much”. In full disclosure, Subrina and Lynne are dear friends since college and have shared many a great meal together.
For more information on the Sanda Lotti's cooking class in Tuscany go to toscanasaporita.com
57 min - Our Ten Favorite Hallmark Christmas Movies
Episode 6
Why We Love (Yes, LOVE) Hallmark Christmas Movies
Join Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile, and literary agent Andrea Cascardi, as they discuss why they love Hallmark Christmas movies. With an average of 68 million viewers for its annual Countdown to Christmas Marathon this American holiday tradition must be doing something right.
Andrea Cascardi is a literary agent and an unabashed lover of Hallmark movies and rom com novels, especially those set in cozy British seaside towns at Christmastime.
For more on the Cinnamon Cinephile, follow me on Twitter@SubrinaWood, and subscribe to my newsletter on my website, www.cinnamoncinephile.com
GUEST: Andrea Cascardi Maher
HOSTED BY Subrina Wood
TAGS: Hallmark, Christmas, Christmas movies, romance, family movies, holidays, Christmas magic
1 hr 2 min - The Harriet Movie...Love it or Leave it?
Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile; Cynthia Roseberry, a criminal justice attorney in Atlanta; and the mysterious Q, a policy professional in DC, discuss the heated debates surrounding the new Harriet Tubman movie - Harriet. Should Deborah Martin Chase have cast British actress Cynthia Erivio as Harriet? Does the film pander to white audiences? Do the fictional characters add or detract from this incredible true story? Does #BoycottHarriet make any sense?
For more on the Cinnamon Cinephile, follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/cinncine1?s=03, and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cinncine1/ and my website www.cinnamoncinephile.com
HOSTED BY Subrina Wood
GUESTS: Cynthia Roseberry, The Mysterious Q
Ms. Roseberry earned her Bachelor of Science from Wilberforce University. She earned her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law.During the Obama administration, Cynthia Roseberry served as Project Manager of the historic Clemency Project 2014. Often referred to as the nation’s largest law firm of nearly 4,000 lawyers, it provided pro bono support to more than 36,000 applicants for presidential clemency. She has taught and practiced criminal defense law for more than two decades. A member of the Charles Colson Taskforce, a blue ribbon Congressionally appointed panel empaneled to examine the federal prison system, she currently chairs the NACDL taskforce on predictive policing. Her TedX talk given from inside a prison can be seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfAr8tlx0HY&t=3sMs. Roseberry earned her Bachelor of Science from Wilberforce University. She earned her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law.During the Obama administration, Cynthia Roseberry served as Project Manager of the historic Clemency Project 2014. Often referred to as the nation’s largest law firm of nearly 4,000 lawyers, it provided pro bono support to more than 36,000 applicants for presidential clemency. She has taught and practiced criminal defense law for more than two decades. A member of the Charles Colson Taskforce, a blue ribbon Congressionally appointed panel empaneled to examine the federal prison system, she currently chairs the NACDL taskforce on predictive policing. Her TedX talk given from inside a prison can be seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfAr8tlx0HY&t=3s47 min - Winter Film Preview from the Middleburg Film Festival
Previews of Just Mercy, Atlantics, Waves, Harriet and Clemency.
Join Subrina Wood the Cinnamon Cinephile and this week's guest expert Cynthia Rosenberry, Esq. as they discuss five incredible soon to be released films recently shown at the Middleburg Film Festival in October .Although the scenarios are as varied as the time periods, all five films have at their core the resilence of the Black Family and the need for it for black people surviving in America. The films cover the racism in criminal justice system, immigration from the point of view of the ones left behind, coping with the stress of chasing the America dream, the historical narrative of slavery, and the horrors of carrying out executions. It's a wide shot of America today.Ms. Roseberry earned her Bachelor of Science from Wilberforce University. She earned her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law.During the Obama administration, Cynthia Roseberry served as Project Manager of the historic Clemency Project 2014. Often referred to as the nation’s largest law firm of nearly 4,000 lawyers, it provided pro bono support to more than 36,000 applicants for presidential clemency. She has taught and practiced criminal defense law for more than two decades. A member of the Charles Colson Taskforce, a blue ribbon Congressionally appointed panel empaneled to examine the federal prison system, she currently chairs the NACDL taskforce on predictive policing. Her TedX talk given from inside a prison can be seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfAr8tlx0HY&t=3sHost: Subrina Woodwww.cinnamoncinephile.com51 min - Black Romantic Comedies
This episode join Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile, and Trina Ramsey personal coach, author, and high tech industry professional in a crazy convo about their five favorite black “rom-coms”, where a brother meets a sister, the brother loses the sister, then, of course, the brother gets the sister, well, just maybe not the one he met first…
Trina Ramsey is a career and life strategist, motivational speaker, and author specializing in personal transformation and reinvention. With 20 years of experience in business and management, Trina’s is a “people person” and a change agent.
We’ll discuss:
The Leading Ladies - Gabrielle Union, Sanaa Lathan, and Queen Latifah;
The Sidney Syndrome - why the three greatest Black Leading Men Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Idris Elba rarely play romantic leads;
Are today’s romantic comedies romantic?
56 min
About Five by Five: A Movie Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Film blogger Subrina Wood (aka CinnCine The Cinnamon Cinephile) compares her five favorite movies with lists created by her guest experts. The discussions range from A.I. movies with A Ph.D. from…
N.I.H., Sword & Sandal classics with an ancient history scholar, to Black rom-coms with her BFFs. All topics are fair game, and as always, there's plenty of Oscar trivia.