Five by Five: A Movie Podcast

Join Subrina Wood, the Cinnamon Cinephile, and author, artist, and ancient history scholar Lloyd R. Williams in a lively conversation about their five favorite movies about the Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians and why these films are some of the best examples of movies made during the Golden Age of Gladiator films 1950 -1965. You may or may not want to substitute this episode for your Cliff notes.

Lloyd R. Williams studied the ancient Greek, Romans, and Egyptians at the oldest high school in America, the prestigious Boston Latin School. He went on to earn a B.A. in History from the College of the Holy Cross. Lloyd, who is currently working on a graphic novel about his hero, Hannibal of Carthage, consulted on the first ancient African art exhibit held at the then-new wing of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He is the author of the science fiction novel Rogue Progeny. He lives in Cambridge, MA, with a to-die-for view of the Charles River.

Join Subrina Wood, CinnCine the Cinnamon Cinephile, and Danielle Jones, a dedicated middle school teacher in the District of Columbia, as they discuss their favorite movies about the over-analyzed, sometimes maligned, but in the end, honored profession of teaching.

Danielle Jones is a native New Yorker and a veteran of the United States Air Force. She has been teaching in the greater DC Metro area for almost 17 years, with most of her time in DC charter schools. Currently, Ms. Jones teaches 8th grade at E.L. Haynes Middle School. When she's not teaching, Ms. Jones enjoys spending time with her daughter, friends, and reading.

We’ll discuss:

The calling of teaching, some heard it early, and some discover it after the fact. The difficulties of establishing relationships when you have just minutes a day with your students. What makes a great teacher and who were the teachers who inspired us as children.

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GUEST:  Danielle Jones

HOSTED BY Subrina Wood

TAGS: high school movies, teachers, inspiration