Wonder and Kent discuss the documentary Sue Bird: In The Clutch using the untimed birth chart of the subject of the biopic, WNBA player, Sue Bird. Themes that emerge are the powerful determination and unswerving optimism matched with the talent it takes to be a champion. Also Bird’s reputation for being both competitive and a […]

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Wonder and Kent discuss the documentary Frida using the timed birth chart of artist Frida Kahlo. Themes that emerge are the desire to create beauty and meaning out of loss and darkness, the need to exert one’s autonomy in the face of near powerlessness, and the capacity to connect erotically and fraternally with others. Astrologically […]

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Wonder and Kent discuss the documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, using the untimed chart of one of the main protagonists: rooftopper Angela Nikolau. Striking themes that emerged were creating art inside a typically rugged and sporty profession, what it takes to do so, and how romance for everyone requires trust, but so does risking your […]

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Wonder and Kent discuss the documentary Luther: Never Too Much using an untimed birth chart for Luther Vandross. Emerging themes include love songs and the people who sing them, and the search for meaning when we are filled with sorrow. Astrologically Kent and Wonder link this to the planet Venus and hard contacts between the […]

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Kent and Wonder discuss the documentary Never Look Away using the untimed birth chart of photojournalist Margaret Moth. Themes that emerge are people who put their lives on the line for things they believe in, what it might take for someone to be both a risk taker and an adrenaline junkie but also deeply compassionate […]

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Wonder and Kent discuss the experimental narrative film, Tendaberry, a poignant coming of age film centering a young, mixed race woman living in New York. Emerging themes include the forging pressures of new responsibilities and freedoms, the singular expression of humanity in a city as large as New York, the intensity of this period of […]

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Kent and Wonder discuss the experimental film Desire Lines, which boldly explores transmasculine identity and sexual expression, moving back and forth between archival footage, interviews, and a fictional narrative exploring the themes. Other emerging themes include the importance of archives and the preservation of them, the ways that scholarly insights can provide necessary contexts for […]

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Wonder and Kent discuss the innovative non-fiction film, Seeking Mavis Beacon, about an elusive search for the Black woman behind the eponymous AI assistant who taught millions of people how to type in the 80’s. Emerging themes include the importance of representation and the harm the lack of it causes to marginalized identities, specifically, in […]

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Kent and Wonder discuss the non-fiction short, Bob’s Funeral, a funny and touching story of two family funerals told in first-person by filmmaker, Jack Dunphy. Emerging themes include generational humor, generational trauma, the way that humor grants us distance which grants us contemplation, and the finality of death as the ultimate reality check. Astrologically these […]

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Wonder and Kent discuss the immersive non-fiction film, Nocturnes, which follows scientists up a remote region of the Himalayas on the hunt for moths. Emerging themes include biodiversity in the midst of climate change, tracking those changes using scientific date, dark skies and what is visible when there is no light, the sound of hundreds […]

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