Did you know that 'a holler' is a place, not just a way to say 'hey'?

It's OK-- most of our team didn't know either. In our latest podcast episode, NOISE culture reporter Ashley Salem and board vice president Emily Chen-Newton discuss the film, "From the Hood to the Holler," part of the Omaha Film Festival, available online until Apr. 2, 2022.

Emily is from Kentucky where the documentary is set. The film, directed by Pat McGee, follows the campaign of Charles Booker while he makes political history as a Black candidate from the west end of Louisville, Ky. -- which is like Omaha's north side-- in his attempt to unseat the powerful U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell.

Listen as Emily and Ashley talk through the nuances and similarities between Louisville and Omaha, set against the backdrop of Booker's maddeningly close race to beat a well-funded Democratic candidate in the May 2020 Kentucky primary.

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