Rewriting Hollywood

Jared Milrad chats with award-winning animator and director Lauren Aboulafia about her autobiographical short film, SUPER SCAR, which tells the story of a new mom’s unexpected struggle to stay sane amidst the madness of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).  Lauren opens up about her traumatic childbirth experience and her approach to creating SUPER SCAR, why it's important for women to share their childbirth stories, and how we can create more transparent, authentic, and inclusive spaces for underrepresented storytellers. 

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Jared Milrad interviews David Sarfati, producer of the award-winning documentary PROPHETS OF CHANGE, which follows several artists/activists from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Muslims & Jews; Palestinians & Israelis; gay and straight - as they summon courage, love, and determination to break a cycle of fear, distrust, and resentment to come together through music. David opens up about the process of making this ambitious documentary over six years, how music and art can bridge divides and reduce conflict, and the impact that he hopes PROPHETS OF CHANGE will have in the Middle East and beyond. 

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Jared Milrad sits down with award-winning director Faith Strongheart about her short film, HAVANA, which tells the story of a man in 1970s Cuba who is forced to reexamine his life choices when his secret lover makes a difficult request. Faith opens up about her career journey earning a MFA in directing from UCLA and working as a production manager/supervisor on feature films and short-form nonfiction for Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and more; her experience balancing her life and career as an underrepresented filmmaker; and how we can make Hollywood more inclusive, equitable, and representative.

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Jared Milrad interviews award-winning filmmaker Craig Boreham, writer/director of the new film LONESOME, which tells the story of country boy Casey, who hooks up with a street-smart city boy Tib and finds a connection that neither of them expect or know how to negotiate. Craig opens up about the state of queer cinema, why it's important to authentically explore LGBTQ+ sexuality onscreen, his unique casting process, and how we can create more opportunities for LGBTQ+ storytellers in Hollywood.

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Jared Milrad chats with the cast of Hulu's FIRE ISLAND, which tells the story of a group of queer best friends who gather in Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, when a sudden change of events might make this their last summer in gay paradise. Actor/writer/executive producer Joel Kim Booster and actors Matt Rogers and Torian Miller open up about why this groundbreaking film is so important, how underrepresented talent can tell their own stories, and what needs to change in Hollywood to make it truly inclusive, equitable, and representative. PLUS: Jared interviews Tony Hoang, Executive Director of Equality California, who shares the nonprofit's life-changing work to advocate for LGBTQ+ equality - and why it decided to honor the cast of FIRE ISLAND at this year's Equality Awards in Los Angeles.

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Jared Milrad interviews award-winning directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon about their upcoming live-action musical film, LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE, which tells the heartwarming story of Lyle, a singing crocodile that loves baths, caviar, and great music. Based on the beloved best-selling children’s book, the adaptation stars Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem and Constance Wu, with music from the composers of The Greatest Showman and Grammy-nominated singer Shawn Mendes as Lyle. Will and Josh open up about their decades-long creative collaboration directing award-winning commercials and comedic films such as BLADES OF GLORY, making impactful PSAs about marriage equality and organ donation, and working on their first musical with Shawn Mendes and an all-star ensemble cast. Will and Josh also discuss LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE's timeless themes of acceptance, inclusion, courage, family, and love - and how they're working to make Hollywood more inclusive, equitable, and representative.

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Jared Milrad chats with returning guest actor Esther Moon about her latest project, Netflix's PARTNER TRACK, which follows Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho), an idealistic young Korean-American attorney on the partner track at an elite and overwhelmingly non-diverse New York City law firm.  Esther opens up about her career since appearing in the Oscar-nominated film MINARI, why it was so meaningful to have Korean-American characters centered in PARTNER TRACK, and the status of inclusion and representation in Hollywood.

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Jared Milrad sits down with actors GloZell Green and Reante Brown and director Pat Branch to discuss their new project, WORLDS APART, which follows a gender-fluid millennial as they attempt to overcome adversity in a challenging world. GloZell, Reante, and Pat open up about the inclusive themes of WORLDS APART, why LGBTQ+ equality is so important, and how we can make storytelling more inclusive and equitable than ever before. 

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Jared Milrad interviews Hallee Adelman and Sean King O'Grady, directors and producers of the new documentary OUR AMERICAN FAMILY, which takes an honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse.  Hallee and Sean discuss the impact of addiction and substance abuse on families, how we can overcome addiction by confronting it openly, and hope for the future of substance abuse treatment and ways to fight back against chronic addiction.

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Jared Milrad chats with model and actor Alise Willis, who stars in ECHOES, a new Netflix series that premieres on August 19th. Also starring Michelle Monaghan and Matt Bomer, ECHOES tells the story of identical twin sisters who face dire consequences after deciding to swap their lives. Alise opens up about her experience modeling and overcoming racism and body image pressures, her transition into acting and working on major projects such as Eddie Murphy's COMING 2 AMERICA, and her views on diversity, equity, inclusion, and representation in Hollywood.

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