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Ariel and Rabia sit down with Reid Davenport to discuss his new film, I Didn't See You There, which won Best Director at Sundance, Full Frame, and a number of other festivals. The film discusses life from the perspective of a wheelchair, as a filmmaker with cerebral palsy. When a circus tent goes up near his home, he contemplates the history of freak shows and the role they have played in disability representation and exploitation.

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Ariel's statement on the recent decision from the Supreme Court regarding Roe v. Wade.

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Ariel sits down with filmmaker Akuol de Mabior to discuss her new documentary, a personal narrative that tells the story of her mother, the first female vice president of South Sudan, and a reflection on nationality, gender, and identity.

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Ariel has an extensive chat with disabled filmmaker Ashley Eakin, whose short film Single won prizes at SXSW, and whose new film, Forgive Us Our Trespasses, is now available on Netflix.

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Ariel sits down with documentary filmmaker Daresha Kyi to talk about her film Mama Bears, about Christian mothers who choose to embrace and advocate for their LGBTQIA+ kids.

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Ariel sits down with Deborah Shaffer and Stewart Bird, the directors of the documentary The Wobblies, a project begun in 1976 exploring the history of the Industrial Workers of the World or IWW, a union that advocated for fair labor practices.

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Ariel speaks with K.D. Dávila and Carey Williams, the writer and director of the new film Emergency, an urgent story about three friends embarking on an epic night of Spring Break parties whose night is derailed by an emergency situation.  A story of the chaos of youth, and the reality of being Black or Latino in America. In release in theatres on May 20th, and coming to Amazon Prime on May 27th. 

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Ariel speaks with horror and documentary filmmaker Nils Gaup about his new film discussing aesthetics, greed, and the corruption of the art world, Images of a Nordic Drama, about the fight to recognize the achievements of Aksel Waldemar Johannessen, a prolific and powerful Norwegian contemporary of Edvard Munch.

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Ariel speaks with Jordanian filmmaker Hanadi Elyan about her film, Salma's Home, a multi-generational family story of three women and the secrets they hold dear, a perfect film for celebrating Eid!

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The conclusion to Ariel and Rabia's conversation about accessibility in the film and television industry, with guests Dominique Nieves and Adam Stovall.

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