Reel War Project

By Redwood Sound LabsTV & Film

Reel War Project episodes

November 21, 2022 Dirt Maps Episode 10: Andy Rakich on Mixing Entertainment and History
This week on Reel War Project's Dirt Maps Aaron and Charles talk with Andy Rakich from Atun-Shei Films on the importance of tone in storytelling about war.
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
53 min
November 07, 2022 Dirt Maps Episode 9: White Veteranhood with Dr. Joseph Darda
This week on Reel War Project's Dirt Maps Aaron chats with Dr. Joseph Darda about his new book: How White Men Won The Culture Wars: A History of Veteran America. From grand military reunions to Stallone’s movies and Springsteen’s music, who we remember as “Our Veterans” will matter!
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
1 hr
October 24, 2022 Dirt Maps episode 8: Heroic Music with Dr. Scott Murphy
This week on Reel War Project's Dirt Maps Aaron interviews Dr. Scott Murphy from the University of Kansas about the music of Ken Burns’ Vietnam War documentary and heroic structures from the 1850’s found in James Bond, 1917, and The Avengers.
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
52 min
October 10, 2022 Dirt Maps episode 7: Defeated Masculinity with Raya Morag
This week on Reel War Project's Dirt Maps we talk to Raya Morag from Hebrew University about her work on Defeated Masculinity and Perpetrator Cinema. We talk about film’s power to repress accountability and yet prompt ethical reflections in viewers. “Hey there. Hi there! Ho there! You’re as welcome as can be!”
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
51 min
September 26, 2022 Dirt Maps episode 6 with Dr. Walter Metz
This week on Reel War Project's Dirt Maps Charles, Aaron and Eli talk to Dr. Walter Metz from Southern Illinois University about our batches and his perspectives on film criticism.
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
53 min
September 12, 2022 B11E4 Day of Day with Zombies
This week Charles and Aaron record their final episode of Season One, looking back at the batch on Normandy. We discuss a "classic epic", a "thoughtful critique", and a "roller coaster ride with zombies." The book would be "Grover Gets Killed at The End of This Book," he would get into a Higgins boat, and then we turn the page. Thanks for listening to Season One of Reel War!
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
1 hr 2 min
September 08, 2022 Dirt Maps episode 5 with Alyssa Ember Smith: Whitewashing vs Blackwashing
In this episode of Reel War Project: Dirt Maps Aaron talks to Alyssa “Ember” Smith about her paper comparing legacies of white washing and blackwashing. We talk about cinema and priming, the politics of representation, and the importance of anti-racism in climates of white supremacy.
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
34 min
September 05, 2022 B11E3 Overlord (2018)
This week on Reel War Project Charlie and Aaron watch the 33rd and final movie of the season: Overlord (2018). We talk about blackwashing and whitewashing; the sharing of technology between cinema and games; and once again we explore horror as a platform for war culture. It’s gross.
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
1 hr 56 min
August 29, 2022 B11E2 Overlord (1975)
This week on Reel War Project Charlie and Aaron continue Batch 11 on Normandy with 1975's Overlord. We talk about "The Falling Soldier" photo, using war footage with horror tropes to resist war, moving bodies (until there is nothing left at all), and how we don't know where we are going until we are there. If you want a moving and critical war film you have to check this one out. Watch the movie FIRST, then tune in!
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
2 hr 3 min
August 22, 2022 B11E1 The Longest Day
This week on Reel War Project Charles and Aaron take The Big Step Off into the last batch of the season, starting with The Longest Day. Avengers vibes, officer movies, epic shots that stand the test of time, and the power of the lies of faction - get into the Higgins boat and puff up the bagpipes because it's time to go ashore.
Listen anywhere you get podcasts http://anchor.fm/reelwarproject
Send us an email [email protected]
Follow our show on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/redwood_sound_labs or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodSoundLabs
2 hr 44 min

About Reel War Project

From the publisher's feed

Charles is a Purple-Heart veteran and long-time cinephile; Aaron is a critical rhetorician and Co-Host of The Alien Movie Project and together they are exploring the narrative, affective, and production politics of the most actiony of action movies: The War Movie.